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On the recordMay 7, 2013
We have got to learn the lessons of the past. This happened in 1998. We allowed it to happen again.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need to learn from past security failures in U.S. embassies.

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