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Eliot Engel: “Barack Obama was not responsible for the Benghazi attack any more than George W. Bush was responsible for the 9/11…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
Barack Obama was not responsible for the Benghazi attack any more than George W. Bush was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel defends Obama against blame for the Benghazi attack, comparing it to past attacks.

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