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Jeff Sessions: “You speak for the legal interests of the State.”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
You speak for the legal interests of the State.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions emphasized the Attorney General's duty to represent state interests.

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