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Jeh Johnson: This President, when he took office, recognized that large Federal bureaucracies work best with a deadline and imposed a…

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
This President, when he took office, recognized that large Federal bureaucracies work best with a deadline and imposed a deadline on us for doing so.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Johnson discusses the President's commitment to closing Guantanamo Bay with a deadline.

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