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On the recordOctober 30, 2003
I found these videos to be absolutely shocking--absolutely shocking that teenagers... desired goal in life is to be a suicide bomber.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
Source
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Oct 30, 2003

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Senator Specter expresses shock over videos of Palestinian youth glorifying suicide bombings.

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