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Arlen Specter: “I would suggest, and suggest respectfully, to the president that he is not the sole decider, that the decider is a…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2007
I would suggest, and suggest respectfully, to the president that he is not the sole decider, that the decider is a shared and joint responsibility.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Arlen Specter comments on President Bush's assertion of being the sole decision-maker regarding the Iraq war.

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