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On the recordMay 7, 2013
We are the greatest country in the world, and we left people there, Mr. Hicks and Mr. Stevens, to essentially fend for themselves.
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky

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Massie expresses frustration about leaving Americans behind during a crisis.

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