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Rob Portman: “If you'd rather talk to this in closed session or you feel you need to, I understand.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
If you'd rather talk to this in closed session or you feel you need to, I understand.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Senator Portman acknowledges the preference for discussing sensitive topics in a closed session.

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