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Hillary Clinton: “With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest? Or was it because of guys out…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest? Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they would go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton discusses the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four Americans and emphasizes the need to understand the events to prevent future occurrences.

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