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On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
If the State Department had requested additional security so that there were additional boots-on-the-ground in Benghazi, is it your military judgment that that would have prevented the loss of four lives, including our Ambassador, in Benghazi on September 11?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions military judgment on security requests related to the Benghazi attack.

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