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Harry Reid: “So, I'm going to do everything I can to fill road blocks of compensating Iraqi prisoners of war, when American prisoner…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2005
So, I'm going to do everything I can to fill road blocks of compensating Iraqi prisoners of war, when American prisoner of war have not be compensated. It is unfair.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Senator Harry Reid expresses his commitment to blocking compensation for Iraqi prisoners until American POWs receive their due compensation.

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