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Rob Portman: “I also thought it was odd--and I think you said it was unusual and very prescriptive--that the January 5th letter…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
I also thought it was odd--and I think you said it was unusual and very prescriptive--that the January 5th letter required the Secretary of the Army to approve the movement of deployed Guardsmen from one traffic control point to another.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Senator Portman questions the unusual restrictions on Guardsmen's movements.

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