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Patrick Leahy: “So the time is really now to end the legal ambiguity and state clearly once and for all that the AUMF or other…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
So the time is really now to end the legal ambiguity and state clearly once and for all that the AUMF or other authorities do not authorize such indefinite detention of Americans in America.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the need to clarify laws against indefinite detention of Americans.

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