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Bob Menendez: “Prostate cancer is a very treatable disease and Mr. Megrahi's cancer should have been treated IN JAIL IN SCOTLAND…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
Prostate cancer is a very treatable disease and Mr. Megrahi's cancer should have been treated IN JAIL IN SCOTLAND instead of letting him free to go back to his homeland.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez criticizes the release of Megrahi, emphasizing the treatability of his cancer.

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