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Patrick Leahy: “How about the Department of Justice honoring, once again, its longstanding duty to vigorously defend our Nation's…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
How about the Department of Justice honoring, once again, its longstanding duty to vigorously defend our Nation's laws--even when political appointees disagree with the policy?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy insists on the DOJ's duty to defend laws regardless of political views.

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