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Scott Perry: “Well, in the interest of national security, you're in a dilemma. You've taken an oath and you do have a confidentiality…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2013
Well, in the interest of national security, you're in a dilemma. You've taken an oath and you do have a confidentiality requirement. However, I would also say there is a compelling reason for you to provide information to the American people and certainly to the Congress. I know that the Foreign Affairs Committee has set up hearings with some of these folks and they have said they were coming, and then, miraculously and mysteriously, they declined between the time they said they were coming and the time they were supposed to appear. And so we're not sure why they would agree to it at the onset and then decide to change their mind hence. I think it's a very compelling question. But I think in the interest of finding out the truth, they would be compelled to testify under oath.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Sep 12, 2013

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