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Eric Holder: No, they would not. It would violate the international obligations that I think all civilized nations have agreed to…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
No, they would not. It would violate the international obligations that I think all civilized nations have agreed to, the Geneva Conventions.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder asserts that world leaders cannot authorize torture of U.S. citizens.

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