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On the recordNovember 17, 2011
This essentially would strike the detention provisions and replace them with proposals from the executive branch. It reflects what the White House offered to Senators Levin and McCain as compromise language on the detention provisions to address the opposition raised by the administration.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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