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On the recordApril 27, 2016
U.S. corrections systems, both military and civilian, already hold extremely dangerous people, including terrorists, and have done so for years.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry defends U.S. prisons' capability to manage dangerous detainees from Guantanamo.

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