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William Bradley: You can't have it both ways. You either should have pursued it and you made a mistake, or there was only flimsy…

On the recordDecember 3, 2006
You can't have it both ways. You either should have pursued it and you made a mistake, or there was only flimsy speculation and you should not have pursued it.
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William Bradley
Democratic · New Jersey

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Senator Bradley critiques the handling of past controversies surrounding Gates.

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