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On the recordOctober 6, 2015
But, it's your position that this Geneva Convention assurance of being a protected person constitutes a solemn promise of the United States to look after these people indefinitely?
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King questions the U.S. commitment to protect individuals under the Geneva Convention.

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