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John Conyers: “None of the arguments supporting Feres have ever struck me as persuasive.”

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
None of the arguments supporting Feres have ever struck me as persuasive.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Conyers expresses skepticism about the validity of arguments defending the Feres doctrine.

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