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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
Why did the administration place blame on a video rather than reveal to the world that it was an organized terrorist attack?
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson criticizes the administration for mischaracterizing the Benghazi attack.

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