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Joe Manchin: “I remember the cruel and unusual internment of Japanese-Americans, and we've never gone down that road again, and our…”

On the recordMay 8, 2018
I remember the cruel and unusual internment of Japanese-Americans, and we've never gone down that road again, and our thought process would have been there.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin reflects on historical injustices and their relevance to post-9/11 actions.

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