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On the recordAugust 5, 2010
Mr. President, I say to my friend from Nevada, it is troubling--very troubling, and maybe even telling--that the President would ask us to confirm an individual who admittedly has not reviewed the justification for the second amendment in the Bill of Rights.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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