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Eric Holder: “My hope would be that the Congress will find a way to avoid this sequestration, which... could have a permanent impact…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
My hope would be that the Congress will find a way to avoid this sequestration, which... could have a permanent impact on our well-being.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder expresses hope Congress avoids sequestration's negative impacts on the Justice Department.

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