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Claire McCaskill: “If you could speak briefly to--President Bush was the first one who spoke out about the propaganda tool that Guantanamo…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
If you could speak briefly to--President Bush was the first one who spoke out about the propaganda tool that Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) represented, the recruiting tool that it represented.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill highlights GTMO's role as a terrorist recruitment tool.

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