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Dick Durbin: “To watch the U.S. Senate, on the anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, step away from the great principles enshrined at…”

On the recordMay 15, 2007
To watch the U.S. Senate, on the anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, step away from the great principles enshrined at that time is one of the saddest days I've ever seen in . . . my almost 30 years in serving in this body.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on Senator Chris Dodd's tribute to his father and the principles of the Nuremberg trials.

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