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Dennis Hastert: “I, first of all, learned of this last Friday, when we were about to leave Congress for you know, the break to -- to go…”

On the recordOctober 18, 2006
I, first of all, learned of this last Friday, when we were about to leave Congress for you know, the break to -- to go out and campaign.

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Dennis Hastert claims he was unaware of the allegations against Mark Foley until recently.

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