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On the recordApril 21, 2009
I think that, as I said earlier, this is not a question of whether or not the agency detains people, but it is a question of who does it detain, how does it detain them, and are there better ways to do this--and I think there are--that are a greater sense of innovation, more targeted to the populations that we are, in fact, responsible for.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the need for careful consideration in detention practices.

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