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Patrick Leahy: “I do not think it is playing God, Chief, and none of us do, and I appreciate that.”

On the recordMay 13, 2014
I do not think it is playing God, Chief, and none of us do, and I appreciate that.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy acknowledges the importance of bulletproof vests in saving lives.

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