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Jerry Nadler: “I was simply suggesting that none of this makes any sense until you have determined that someone is an enemy combatant.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
I was simply suggesting that none of this makes any sense until you have determined that someone is an enemy combatant.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler emphasizes the need for due process in identifying enemy combatants.

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