WASHINGTON, April 12 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:

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LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON PETE HEGSETH BANNING BOOKS

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement via Threads:

"The so-called Defense Secretary has ordered 400 books removed from the Naval Academy library.

This outrageous ban includes works about Slavery and the Holocau . . .

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