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Jon Kyl: “If I could respond to that direct point by the Senator from Pennsylvania. You and I know, all our colleagues know, how…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1997
If I could respond to that direct point by the Senator from Pennsylvania. You and I know, all our colleagues know, how long it takes to get a letter cleared downtown. It takes a long time. A legislative liaison cannot quickly get a letter out without a lot of higher-ups signing off on it. So I have no doubt in my mind that this was not a rogue act of an Assistant Secretary, but it had to have been approved at high levels of the Justice Department.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the approval process within the Justice Department during a Senate debate.

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