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John McCain: I see it as a newly elected government that is having obviously the growing pains that any government would have that's…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
I see it as a newly elected government that is having obviously the growing pains that any government would have that's never -- in a country that's never had any kind of democratic government before.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain discusses the challenges faced by the newly elected Libyan government.

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