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Dick Lugar: “The battle began in late March when Fox News firestarter Glenn Beck said Harold Koh, Obama's nominee to be the State…”

On the recordApril 27, 2009
The battle began in late March when Fox News firestarter Glenn Beck said Harold Koh, Obama's nominee to be the State Department top lawyer, supported Muslim sharia law.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Lugar references criticism against Harold Koh regarding sharia law.

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