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On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
If you were clear-eyed, shouldn't you have known that al-Qaeda roamed freely in and around Benghazi?
Said by
Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson questions the awareness of security threats in Benghazi.

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