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John Conyers: “There is a consensus that the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in the 1980s was particularly…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2009
There is a consensus that the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in the 1980s was particularly effective in confronting the historical record.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers acknowledges the effectiveness of a past commission on Japanese American internment.

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