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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Today the Subcommittee examines the military commission system and, more importantly, how we as a Nation can work together productively to clean up the terrible legacy of the Bush administration's detention policies in a manner that provides us with a legitimate legal framework going forward.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the need to address the legacy of Bush's detention policies.

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