This is getting perilously close to a debate, and I am sorry, for those observing, it looks like the Senate is actually in a debate. The obvious question is was bin Laden an imminent threat to the United States when we took him out? I think he was. Was he hatching a plot to cause harm to the United States in an imminent manner? Probably not.
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I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 13, as follows: [Rollcall…
Overall, these responses, which are under oath, leave me with even more questions and further underscore the need to hear live testimony from Ed Martin at a hearing.
I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 62, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 218 Ex.] YEAS--62 Banks Barrasso…
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