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On the recordNovember 17, 2011
Is the Senator from Colorado aware that the administration has raised real concerns--both DOD and the White House--saying that requiring the President to devise the kind of procedures discussed in this bill creates all kinds of problems, and that this is one of the reasons why both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked to have the opportunity to hold hearings on a section that obviously involves the jurisdiction of both the Senate Intelligence and Senate Judiciary Committees?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Nov 17, 2011

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