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Eliot Engel: “I say it is more rigorous because as Lee said, there's a broader group of career professionals and some political but…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
I say it is more rigorous because as Lee said, there's a broader group of career professionals and some political but primarily career professionals, intelligence folks, career prosecutors, who looked at these cases.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel emphasizes the improved rigor of the detainee transfer process under the current administration.

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