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Originally posted by dd74
No, not at all.
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My own desire is to figure out why these two had to testify together (and flint - the word is "testify:" even the White House is using it). Why the secrecy?
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Ah, so you're just looking for opportunities to bash?

Why the secrecy? again, we are at war!

testify may or may NOT be under oath.
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tes·ti·fy v. test·i·fied, test·i·fy·ing, test·i·fies. --intr. 1. To make a declaration of truth or fact under oath; submit testimony: witnesses testifying before a grand jury. 2. To express or declare a strong belief, especially to make a declaration of faith. 3. To make a statement based on personal knowledge in support of an asserted fact; bear witness: the exhilaration of weightlessness, to which many astronauts have testified. 4. To serve as evidence: wreckage that testifies to the ferocity of the storm. --tr. 1. To declare publicly; make known: testifying their faith. 2. To state or affirm under oath: testified in court that he saw the defendant. 3. To bear witness to; provide evidence for. See Synonyms at indicate. [Middle English testifien, from Latin testific³rş : testis, witness; see trei- below . . ..
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