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On the recordMay 2, 2011
I think it's fitting, as I'm sure people have said already, that we're having this discussion the day--2 days after Osama bin Laden has been killed.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Senator Shaheen highlights the significance of the discussion following bin Laden's death.

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