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Johnny Isakson: I cannot a U.S. ambassador who would write that in a diary would not have sent cables to inform the State Department of…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2012
I cannot a U.S. ambassador who would write that in a diary would not have sent cables to inform the State Department of his danger.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Senator Isakson expresses disbelief that Ambassador Stevens did not communicate his danger to the State Department.

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