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Joe Wilson: “Madam Secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap, and that is national security malpractice.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
Madam Secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap, and that is national security malpractice.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Joe Wilson criticizes the Secretary for failing to secure the Benghazi consulate.

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