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John McCain: Must be very personally painful to you, as it is to me, to see the black flags of al Qaeda flying over the city of…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
Must be very personally painful to you, as it is to me, to see the black flags of al Qaeda flying over the city of Fallujah, where we made such enormous sacrifice.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain expresses pain over al Qaeda's resurgence in Fallujah after U.S. sacrifices.

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