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Carl Levin: “Well, but my point is that looking back now at what you knew then, it should not have been lifted.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
Well, but my point is that looking back now at what you knew then, it should not have been lifted.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that conditions should not have been lifted based on prior knowledge of outstanding issues.

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