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On the recordDecember 1, 2009
I hope that fact will inspire and encourage a majority of members of both political parties to do the same and to, thereby, show that America's political leadership is still capable of suspending partisanship at the water's edge when our security and our troops are on the line.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman urges bipartisan support for national security over partisanship.

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