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Gerald Kleczka: “No. The point being that it is not 102 years old and around since the Spanish-American War. It was repealed after that…”

On the recordMay 25, 2000
No. The point being that it is not 102 years old and around since the Spanish-American War. It was repealed after that war in 1902. So the gentleman is inaccurate on that point.
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Gerald Kleczka
Wisconsin

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Correcting a colleague's statement about the history of a law related to the Spanish-American War.

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