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Dick Durbin: “The one point that we would make consistently is that it didn't have a lot of teeth because there was no obligation on…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
The one point that we would make consistently is that it didn't have a lot of teeth because there was no obligation on behalf of the colleges and the universalities or the ed centers to address those particular recommendations that would come out of the findings.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the lack of enforcement in educational recommendations for military institutions.

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