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On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
I am glad to see you so supportive of Walter Dellinger insofar as when you were chairman, we couldn't get him through the committee.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Commenting on past difficulties in confirming Walter Dellinger.

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