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John Rice Carter: And this guy was radicalized. And now we're hearing--only from the news sources, not from the people in the…

On the recordFebruary 2, 2010
And this guy was radicalized. And now we're hearing--only from the news sources, not from the people in the administration that should be informing the public about this, but from news sources--we're hearing just how radicalized he was by conversations he's had. In fact, a Member of this House called a relative who went to medical school in the Army and happened to know the guy in medical school and said clear back in medical school he was talking about this stuff. That means we gave him--by the way, we paid for his medical education. And the good doctor from Georgia can tell you that's no small ticket right there. But we took this man and we put him through education and we educated him all the way through university, medical school, and all of his specialty stuff. The Army paid for that. You did. The taxpayers paid for that. And even then he was talking like this. Why can't we start being honest with ourselves and talk about these people? That's the issue.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia
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Feb 2, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about radicalization and the implications of taxpayer-funded education for individuals who pose security risks.

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