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Byron Dorgan: The very important question with this sense-of-the-Senate resolution is: Should we not have the ability to know, should…

On the recordOctober 28, 2003
The very important question with this sense-of-the-Senate resolution is: Should we not have the ability to know, should full disclosure not be the routine rather than the exception? Should the 28 pages that have been withheld from the American people be made available to them so we all are able to evaluate exactly the same set of information? My conclusion is, yes, absolutely. It ought to be done sooner rather than later.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the need for transparency regarding government inquiries into terrorist support.

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