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On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
Are you aware--are you, Mr. Secretary--aware of reports that Iraqi women detainees in U.S. custody were assaulted or raped?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Senator Leahy questions Secretary Rumsfeld about abuse of Iraqi women detainees.

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