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John Sarbanes: “Let me give one example. Gearan came before us and he said this is how this happened. I thought it was a plausible…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
Let me give one example. Gearan came before us and he said this is how this happened. I thought it was a plausible statement, frankly. I mean, Gearan said when he packed up to go over to the Peace Corps his file was put in that box unbeknown to him and he did not find it over there. When he found it he tried to get it back into the loop. I think that is a plausible statement. You have to judge it on your own. But the fact is, the documents have been provided in the end. The fact that there was a deadline----
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the circumstances surrounding the retrieval of documents related to a Peace Corps member.

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