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On the recordSeptember 12, 2013
Reclaiming my time, I will just say a few more words, Madam Speaker. I sat through a series of briefings over the last week or a little better in different places around the world. In one of those briefings, one of our Special Operations Forces personnel made a point that they were ready to go to Benghazi. Now, there's nobody there that trains that isn't ready. Nobody is reluctant to step in and serve. No matter how dangerous a mission, no matter what the prospects are of success, if there are Americans in trouble and they are given the green light-- and that's the order to go into battle--they don't hesitate. They don't shrink back. They don't think, ``I wish I wasn't here.'' They train for that. And as they train for that, there is no hesitation. So we should always know that our military men and women, our security personnel, there is no hesitation on their part. They wanted to be there. That's why, when they got the order to stand down at the third time, they went anyway because these were brethren that needed to be protected. I yield to the gentleman.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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