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Specific statements are not specific statements if they're not specified. (Original Post) Towlie Jan 2019 OP
+1, The SC focusing on precision when approximate is still very bad is lawyerly uponit7771 Jan 2019 #1
Just specific enough to create a pause in the drive to impeachment and air around the President. FreepFryer Jan 2019 #2

FreepFryer

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2. Just specific enough to create a pause in the drive to impeachment and air around the President.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 10:27 AM
Jan 2019

When Trump threatened the lives of the Congressional delegation to Afghanistan, he indicated his willingness to escalate the crisis and shatter the peace - and the national security interest demanded this kind of pause - if only to give more time to investigate and prepare (and give the Senate factions time to orient towards a conviction).

All imho

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