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Jeff Sessions: “I believe that was a failure of duty to defend the lawfully passed statutes of the United States.”

On the recordMay 3, 2011
I believe that was a failure of duty to defend the lawfully passed statutes of the United States.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions criticizes the decision not to defend DOMA in court.

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