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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
The Bush administration did everything in its power to stop John McCain's Torture Amendment.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin criticizes the Bush administration's opposition to McCain's amendment.

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