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Joe Lieberman: “I think the committee has made the right judgment in saying that the right of appeal from the military commissions…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
I think the committee has made the right judgment in saying that the right of appeal from the military commissions should be to the CAAF and that there shouldn't be an appeal to the Circuit Court for the District.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman supports limiting appeals from military commissions to a specific court.

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