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Peter King: “Nine-eleven changed the world. All emphasis was focused on al-Qaeda and an excellent job was done in those early years…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
Nine-eleven changed the world. All emphasis was focused on al-Qaeda and an excellent job was done in those early years in going after al-Qaeda and taking away their base in Afghanistan, putting them on defense around the world and then culminating in the killing of bin Laden in 2011.
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Peter King
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

King emphasizes the importance of focusing on al-Qaeda post-9/11 and its subsequent reconstitution.

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