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John McCain: Well, the thing I think of interesting news today is that e-mails were going back to the State Department and being…

On the recordOctober 23, 2012
Well, the thing I think of interesting news today is that e-mails were going back to the State Department and being distributed throughout the upper levels of government that this attack was taking place and it was probably by al Qaeda.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain discusses the intelligence regarding the attack and questions the president's knowledge and response.

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