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U.S. Congress and Administration Consider Responses to Excessive Uses of Force by U.S. Security Firms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 161 - 162
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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