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Patrick Leahy: “It is hard to understand why it took the President nearly three and a half years of a four-year term to send up the…”

On the recordApril 17, 2012
It is hard to understand why it took the President nearly three and a half years of a four-year term to send up the nominees.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes the delay in nominating members to the oversight board.

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