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      <excerpt>...technology, and logistics; and Erin Conaton, undersecretary of the Air Force -- until the final terms were issued. Senator Jeff Sessions also maintains holds on two of those nominations: Kendall, a former Raytheon Co executive, and Conaton, a top advise</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...flat out, that the number wasn't true. &quot;If there were [300 convictions],&quot; he said, &quot;we would have heard about them.&quot; Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) called the claim &quot;unsubstantiated&quot; and demanded to know where it came from. Former Bush press secretary D</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a commonly used procedure for individual lawmakers wielding power to impede government process. Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions currently has blocks on two Pentagon appointees (not based on the Airbus question), but a blanket hold is considered a </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...be thoroughly interrogated.&quot; Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., harps upon it whenever he gets the chance. In a series of letters sent by Sessions as ranking member of t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...R-Ga., has no appetite for the substantial cuts in farm programs proposed in President Barack Obama's new budget.  And Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., a financial conservative and a senior Republican on the Budget Committee, vowed to resist reductions in sp</excerpt>
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