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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
I think that the bill only says the decision-maker has to be 06 or above, which is not dissimilar to the current decision-making for non-lawyers who are commanders.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand discusses the qualifications for decision-makers in military justice.

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