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John McCain: “What I want to know and what it is the Congress' duty to determine is not, can our Armed Forces implement a repeal of…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
What I want to know and what it is the Congress' duty to determine is not, can our Armed Forces implement a repeal of this law, but whether the law should be repealed. Unfortunately, that key issue was not the focus of this study.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

John McCain critiques the focus of the report on the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', emphasizing the need for Congress to determine if the law should be repealed.

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