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David Axelrod: “The president called it an act of terror the day after it happened, but when you're the responsible party, when you're…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2012
The president called it an act of terror the day after it happened, but when you're the responsible party, when you're the administration, then you have a responsibility to act on what you know and what the intelligence community believes.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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David Axelrod defends President Obama's response to the Benghazi attacks.

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