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Bob Goodlatte: “There is a growing bipartisan unease with the notion that the executive branch can kill a United States citizen on its…”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
There is a growing bipartisan unease with the notion that the executive branch can kill a United States citizen on its own determination that he poses an 'imminent threat.'
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte expresses concern over executive power in targeting U.S. citizens.

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