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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I still do not understand your answer in terms of how you could state clearly and unequivocally, 'I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants.'
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions Kavanaugh's involvement in detention policy discussions.

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