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Lamar Alexander: “So there was no Senator holding up those 64. It was the White House, and we do know who did that.”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
So there was no Senator holding up those 64. It was the White House, and we do know who did that.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander emphasizes that the White House was responsible for delaying nominations, not any Senator.

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