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On the recordMay 27, 2010
I smile only because that rhetoric was the same rhetoric that was used in 1946. Mr. McKEON. Well, I'm sorry. I have not read that. And I'm not quoting from that same rhetoric. And as Colin Powell said, it is not the same. In fact, this is Mr. Powell's quote: ``Skin color is a benign, non- behavioral characteristic. Sexual orientation is perhaps the most profound of human behavioral characteristics. Comparison of the two is a convenient but invalid argument.'' Mr. Powell's comment.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Congressional Record · 2010-05-27

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