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Jeh Johnson: “At some point during their detention they were minors--you know, the evidence suggests.”

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
At some point during their detention they were minors--you know, the evidence suggests.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Johnson acknowledges that some detainees were minors during their detention.

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