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Byron Dorgan: “We ought to understand what is being done or what is not being done. I think the American people have a reason to ask…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2007
We ought to understand what is being done or what is not being done. I think the American people have a reason to ask the question: Why, nearly 6 years later, do we now read--and I have read it on a number of occasions in unclassified versions of classified reports that say--there is a secure hideaway for Osama bin Laden and the leadership of al-Qaida? There is a secure hideaway. There is safe haven. Now, why should any place on this Earth be secure or safe for those who would attack this country?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Addressing the ongoing issue of Osama bin Laden's safety and al-Qaida's presence.

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