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On the recordMarch 3, 2009
If the United States is seen as doing an open and honest review of what happened, setting up policies if we find that we did not follow our own laws and our own policies, to make it very clear mistakes would not be made in the future, does that help or hurt us around the world?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy questions the impact of a transparent review on U.S. global perception.

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