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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
Senator Leahy and I have introduced the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act--co-sponsored by 25 of our colleagues--to restrict the use of cluster bombs with high failure rates.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy announced the introduction of a bill to restrict cluster bomb use.

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