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On the recordJuly 22, 2014
I thank my friend from Tennessee who has said that the trial he described is not a trial. It is a sham, and no honest and civilized country, no country that has even a pretense upon the rule of law should accept that kind of a trial. So I applaud the senior Senator from Tennessee for his comments. ____________________
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Jul 22, 2014

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