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On the recordOctober 9, 2012
What would it have took to give the guys on the ground who have been there for months where you haven't been, what would it have took to get the additional security personnel?
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Jim Jordan questions the lack of additional security for personnel in Libya despite prior incidents.

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