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On the recordApril 13, 2010
if we do not put sunlight on it, if we do not open this process up, if we do not engage the international community, and if we do not engage the international community on how we are going to deal with detainees in the future, this war is not going to end anytime soon.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin warns that lack of transparency will prolong the war.

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