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Jeff Sessions: “It seems to me that we may be desperate enough, we may have to take some chances with leaders we believe are pretty good…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
It seems to me that we may be desperate enough, we may have to take some chances with leaders we believe are pretty good local leaders, and see if we can't support them.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses the need to support local leaders in Iraq as troop levels decrease.

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