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Patrick Kennedy: on rollcall No. 79 I was receiving a briefing on the war in Iraq with Secretary Rumsfeld and General Meyers. That…

On the recordMarch 20, 2003
on rollcall No. 79 I was receiving a briefing on the war in Iraq with Secretary Rumsfeld and General Meyers. That occurred simultaneously with this rollcall. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
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Patrick Kennedy
Rhode Island

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Addressing his absence during a roll call vote on the war in Iraq.

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