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Barack Obama: It is, I think by definition, a terrorist attack when there is a prolonged assault on an embassy with weapons.

On the recordSeptember 25, 2012
It is, I think by definition, a terrorist attack when there is a prolonged assault on an embassy with weapons.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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