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Jeff Sessions: I thought that was an unwise step, to take something that directs even the lowest private to do, to make that the rule…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
I thought that was an unwise step, to take something that directs even the lowest private to do, to make that the rule for higher-ups.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions criticized making the Army Field Manual the law for all government officials.

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