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Arlen Specter: “I had told you, when we talked about it at the time... that I thought you were on very shaky grounds in not responding…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I had told you, when we talked about it at the time... that I thought you were on very shaky grounds in not responding to a President's request.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Specter criticized the handling of a presidential request related to an investigation.

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