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Pete Sessions: “I say to Senator Kyl, you, as a lawyer, have negotiated agreements. It seems to me, what I hear you saying is, the…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2010
I say to Senator Kyl, you, as a lawyer, have negotiated agreements. It seems to me, what I hear you saying is, the United States enters into a binding treaty, equivalent to a party entering into a binding contract, but the other party has laid a groundwork that allows them to exit the treaty and the contract whenever they want to, in essence. Is that correct?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Dec 17, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is questioning the implications of a treaty and its binding nature.

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