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On the recordJuly 6, 2009
I agree that we hold ourselves to very high standards, sometimes standards that are so high that they are unrealistic and in some sense self-destructive in the context of the war we're in.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman discusses the high standards set by the U.S. in military commissions.

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