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Sheldon Whitehouse: “There are legal arguments and policies that fall outside a particular political ideology. That does not make them…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
There are legal arguments and policies that fall outside a particular political ideology. That does not make them outside the mainstream.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse defends the Attorney General's policies as legitimate despite political criticism.

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