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Patrick Leahy: “This one had, this one from the get-go had no possibility of working. That is my problem with it.”

On the recordApril 7, 2014
This one had, this one from the get-go had no possibility of working. That is my problem with it.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of a specific program.

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