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On the recordJune 6, 2012
The president has been silent about this. By the way, he has about massacres in Syria, but it seems to me that every member of the administration, the vice president and the president, should be saying, look, this is a terrible breach of the national security and we've got to take every step necessary to find those people who are guilty of it and make sure it doesn't happen again.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain expresses disappointment over the administration's lack of response to national security breaches and ongoing violence in Syria.

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