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On the recordMay 15, 2012
I have joined Senator Mark Udall in cosponsoring the Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act, which would repeal that mandatory military detention requirement.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy supports legislation to repeal mandatory military detention for terrorism suspects.

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