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On the recordNovember 4, 2012
Well, it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously, it was an attack on Americans.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the uncertainty surrounding the Benghazi attack and acknowledges it as an attack on Americans.

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