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Ed Markey: Will you advise, Mr. Tillerson, President-elect Trump that torture in any form is illegal, immoral, and ineffective?

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Will you advise, Mr. Tillerson, President-elect Trump that torture in any form is illegal, immoral, and ineffective?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the legality and morality of torture to Tillerson.

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