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Barack Obama: No.1, I want to make sure that we are securing our personnel, doing whatever we need to. No. 2, we are going to…

On the recordMay 6, 2013
No.1, I want to make sure that we are securing our personnel, doing whatever we need to. No. 2, we are going to investigate exactly what happened, so it does not happen again. And, No. 3, he said, 'We want to find out who did this so we can bring them to justice.'
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasized the need for security and accountability after the Benghazi attack.

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