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Lindsey Graham: “I think that it was an act of war by al-Qaeda and associated groups against the people of the United States.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
I think that it was an act of war by al-Qaeda and associated groups against the people of the United States.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham asserts that 9/11 was an act of war by al-Qaeda.

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