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      <excerpt>...for these heinous crimes.&quot; The attorney general has promised to seek the death penalty for all five suspects. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said at the start of the hearing that he agrees with Holder's decision. Th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...collapse. &quot;It will be like Sept. 11 Part 2. We're going to drag these families back through this?&quot; Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., backed Holder: &quot;Those who perpetrated the attacks should be tried here.&quot; Leahy said, &quot;Many surviving family membe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... In addition to the public hearings that Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., will begin today, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., demanded Wednesday that his panel receive the results of a White House review of agency investigations of suspect </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...powerful nation on earth; we have a justice system that is the envy of the world. We will not be afraid,&quot; said Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Among the spectators were some relatives of 9/11 victims who disagree with Holder's plan to put Mohammed, the mo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...acquitted, he could be charged with a long list of other crimes that would tie him up in courts forever. Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said, &quot;I might say, half facetiously, that there are a lot of people in New York who wouldn't mind having h</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...has approved the nomination of a Vermont state judge to become the state's next federal judge. The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says the nomination of Judge Christina Reiss (Rice) of Essex Junction was passed Thursday without discussion on a voice </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Patrick Leahy Says No Need to Interrogate Osama bin Laden if Captured. Ugghhh. I feel so safe under our leadership. We can only pray there was a larger context to these remarks. Posted by James H at 11/19/2009 10:24:00 AM ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>This is what I want to see: an elected representative so passionate about his convictions that he or she will don tights and wrestle in a steel cage match to the death with another Senator who disagrees with him. ... Maybe during the match  Patrick Leahy a</excerpt>
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      <title>Broadway Carl&amp;#39;s Blog-O-Mania: Time For a Senate Steel Cage Match</title>
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      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 11:18:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
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      <excerpt>Ignorance was on display in the words of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) as reported by Michael O&amp;#39;Brien of The Hill. The Senator stated that if the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there would be no need to provide him with Miranda rights. ...</excerpt>
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      <title>Ignorance On Display; Senator Patrick Leahy &#171; Garnering Right Ideas</title>
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      <excerpt>We will not be afraid,&amp;quot; said Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. 9/11 families weigh in. Among the spectators were some relatives of 9/11 victims who disagree with Holder&amp;#39;s plan to put Mohammed, the most senior al-Qaida suspect in U.S. custody,  ... But</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to Sen. Lindsey Graham's concern that under administration policy we might have to &quot;Mirandize&quot; Osama bin Laden, Sen. Patrick Leahy claims that &quot;If the U.S. captures bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him.&quot; Leahy explained that we already &quot;have en</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...focusing on jobs would soon be a priority, Reed's office said.    Democratic Sens. John Kerry (Mass.), Paul Kirk (Mass.) and Patrick Leahy (Vt.) have signed on as co-sponsors. I am not even sure where to start. How can these guys think that making emplo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Patrick Leahy has suggested punishing Lieberman by stripping him of his committee chairmanship, but I think it&amp;#39;s past time to boot his tuchis from the party, so he can find his true home as a spokesman for Fox News. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>At a ceremony in London U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman read out a letter, from senior Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy to Prince Charles pledging $275 million. The funds would aim &amp;quot;to protect biodiversity and support sustainable landscapes ...</excerpt>
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