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Dick Durbin: “Was he evasive to you or did he try to in any way conceal his true background and true record? Was there ever an…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Was he evasive to you or did he try to in any way conceal his true background and true record? Was there ever an instance of that?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the credibility of a witness during a Senate hearing.

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