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Marco Rubio: “So if they are not that special, why did they want them back, all five of these in particular?”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
So if they are not that special, why did they want them back, all five of these in particular?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Questioning the Taliban's motive for wanting to retrieve specific detainees.

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