Barack Obama actually said...

I applaud Senator Reid, Senator Leahy, Senator Klobuchar, and the bipartisan group of Senators who broke through that gridlock to give Todd Jones the up-or-down vote he deserved.

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Statement on Senate Confirmation of B. Todd Jones as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol

07/30/2013

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