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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I don't know how we gain anything by handing someone over to a committee to be determined whether they're going to go to the United States where they can be released into the streets of the United States.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King questions the wisdom of transferring detainees to a committee for evaluation.

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