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John McCain: “But we knew within hours, Anderson, that this was a coordinated attack with heavy weapons and we now know that one of…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2012
But we knew within hours, Anderson, that this was a coordinated attack with heavy weapons and we now know that one of the leaders of the one of the al Qaeda related groups was even there.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain asserts that the attack in Benghazi was coordinated and not a spontaneous protest.

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