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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
a reversal, I might add, of the Bush era policy, which certainly favored secrecy led by the distinguished Vice President, at the time, Dick Cheney.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly contrasts Obama’s transparency policy with the previous administration's secrecy.

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