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José E. Serrano: But it would be any foreign government official? I know this sounds like some sort of a sarcastic comment, but I am…

On the recordJuly 7, 2004
But it would be any foreign government official? I know this sounds like some sort of a sarcastic comment, but I am really trying to get to the bottom of this. Are you only applying this to foreign governments, or could this, in fact, be a question of our own government if, in fact, somebody ordered torture on some people in recent times?
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José E. Serrano
Democratic · New York

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Questioning the application of a policy regarding foreign government officials and its implications for domestic actions.

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