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politico.com - 3/3/2009
Holder still commited on waterboarding
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Holder: The Department of Justice is examining all of our anti-terrorism policies.

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Holder at JCPA Plenum
NJDC Blog — Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCPA) plenum. The speech reiterated that President Barack Obama’s administration will not use “waterboarding,” and was widely covered including Reuters, Politico, AFP, The Hill, and JTA. Excerpt from JTA: The U.S. attorney general told a Jewish audience that there is “no contradiction between our safety and our ideals.” “We can never and we will never put the welfare of ...

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