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Jeh Johnson: Well, it was not our task to determine whether the law should be repealed. That is a matter for the Congress and the…

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
Well, it was not our task to determine whether the law should be repealed. That is a matter for the Congress and the President.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeh Johnson explains that the report's purpose was to assess the military's ability to accept the repeal of the law, not to decide if it should be repealed.

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