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On the recordApril 22, 2013
The reason President Obama did not do that in all candor is you cannot trust the Pakistan government to go pick up Bin Laden.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham explains Obama's hesitation to trust Pakistan with Bin Laden's capture.

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