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On the recordNovember 17, 2009
I do not think we should give a preference to military commission trials simply because the enemy attacked civilian people rather than military people.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions argues against prioritizing military trials over civilian ones based on the nature of the 9/11 attacks.

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