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On the recordJanuary 4, 2010
Again, no one stepped down. No one has been fired. And what we keep hearing from government officials is, this is not the time to point fingers.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama remarks on the lack of accountability among officials following the security failures.

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