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Joe Lieberman: “I think we ought to call them what they hate to be called. They liked to be called terrorists.”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
I think we ought to call them what they hate to be called. They liked to be called terrorists.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the importance of labeling terrorists accurately.

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