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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Should we continue to wait and should we be content with an Office of Legal Counsel, or would it not be preferable for…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
Should we continue to wait and should we be content with an Office of Legal Counsel, or would it not be preferable for this Congress to clarify this issue once and for all?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton suggests Congress should clarify legal access to secret materials.

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