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Eric Holder: “I do not want to denigrate, however, the fact that these reformed military commissions... are, I think, much better than…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2009
I do not want to denigrate, however, the fact that these reformed military commissions... are, I think, much better than they were.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder acknowledges improvements in military commissions while still favoring Article III courts.

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