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John Kerry: “We just had a young person who went to Russia and Chechnya who blew people up in Boston. So, he didn't stay where he…”

On the recordApril 23, 2013
We just had a young person who went to Russia and Chechnya who blew people up in Boston. So, he didn't stay where he went, but he learned something where he went, and he came back with a willingness to kill people.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry discusses the radicalization of Tamerlan Tsarnaev after his trip to Russia.

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