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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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Oct 16, 2012

We knew within hours, Anderson, that this was a coordinated attack with heavy weapons.

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Oct 16, 2012

I think so. In a way, he did, because I think that when you look at the president's Rose Garden statement, that it really wasn't talking about that act.

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Oct 16, 2012

I think more people are turned off by it, Anderson, because when people start talking over each other, and really exchanging barbs, I don't think viewers get a lot out of it.

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Oct 1, 2012

On the subject of Osama Bin Laden, he's responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans. He is now orchestrating other attacks on the United States of America. We will do whatever is necessary, we will track him down, we will…

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Oct 1, 2012

On the subject of Osama bin Laden, he's responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans. He is now orchestrating other attacks on the United States of America, we will do whatever is necessary. We will track him down. We will…

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Sep 30, 2012

His own reelection ahead of the interests of working Americans and our national security

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Sep 26, 2012

It is reprehensible for our ambassador to the U.N. to go on all networks and say that -- and deny that.

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Sep 26, 2012

I'm not so concerned about the fact there may have been intelligence failures as I am about not telling the American people the truth.

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Sep 26, 2012

It's not the video. It is the people, the Islamists, radical Islamists, that are pushing this video throughout media in the Middle East to crank up the anti-moderate, anti-pro democracy force.

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Sep 26, 2012

A casual observer, a first year cadet at West Point will tell you that that kind of attack is not a spontaneous demonstration.

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Sep 26, 2012

I see a fundamental misunderstanding in the larger picture and then on the smaller picture. In the smaller picture they were either incredibly naive or willfully deceiving the American people.

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Sep 26, 2012

This is still a very dangerous part of the world. We still have these jihadists coming across their borders.

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Sep 18, 2012

I think that we get back really, Anderson, again to jobs and the economy, jobs and the economy. Jobs and the economy and what we want to do is ask people if they are better off now than they were four years ago.

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Sep 18, 2012

So it is the Obama economic policies that have caused this problem and he wants to go to having business creates jobs rather than government subsistence and government creating jobs.

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Sep 18, 2012

I didn't see his remarks in its entirety. You assume and know that Mitt Romney is not interested in receiving the support and votes of any American. And he is seeking them actively and he wants the vote of any American.

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Sep 18, 2012

I'm saying that he's responsible for our failure in Afghanistan and our failure in Iraq.

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Sep 18, 2012

The cause of it was Islamists who use these videos in order to inflame these people, in order to attack America.

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Sep 18, 2012

I think it's significant that the president's spokesperson, secretary of state and ambassador to the United Nations would go on all of our networks and tell people things that are absolutely false and by the way fly in the face of the…

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Sep 18, 2012

No, but I am saying that he's responsible for our failure in Afghanistan and our failure in Iraq. We left Iraq and it's now disintegrating. Al Qaeda is coming back.

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Sep 18, 2012

There has to be. But I also want to emphasize, one, that Libya is very weak, as you know. Their borders are porous, there's -- radical Islamist elements throughout the country, but still it is the obligation of the host country to protect…

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Sep 18, 2012

But the most important thing is that we have to understand that this video was not the cause of it. The cause of it was Islamists who use these videos in order to inflame these people in order to attack America.

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