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Bob Kerrey: “I am not implying a political motivation. I am rereading your answers to my questions yesterday. I saw reason I would…”

On the recordJune 7, 2000
I am not implying a political motivation. I am rereading your answers to my questions yesterday. I saw reason I would support this amendment, and the reason I could have supported the amendment is, if you had said to me, yes, a thoughtful and thorough review can be done by civilians in less time than done by a quadrennial review that would allow President Bush or President Gore, and the answer was that would be acceptable. I then said: What if Clinton did the same thing? The answer was no. I am reading back and remembering what the exchange was yesterday.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a proposed amendment during a congressional debate.

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