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On the recordJuly 6, 2016
I do think it is not really fair to blame the administration for all the frustrations we have about Guantanamo when we see that there were problems and wrong things done in the previous administration as well.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel discusses the shared responsibility of past administrations regarding Guantanamo issues.

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