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John Kerry: I can guarantee everybody--I guarantee you, that, sure as I am sitting here today, that if President Obama had simply…

On the recordApril 5, 2011
I can guarantee everybody--I guarantee you, that, sure as I am sitting here today, that if President Obama had simply turned his back on the Arab League and Gulf States' request and on the opposition's request, and we sat here, and CNN and everybody was consumed with the slaughter in Benghazi, we would be hearing how weak the President is, how feckless our policy was, and how completely without regard to American values this moment was, and the administration was, with respect to Libya.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry emphasizes the consequences of ignoring international requests during the Libya crisis.

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