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Mitt Romney: “It took them a long time to say this was a terrorist act by a terrorist group.”

On the recordOctober 16, 2012
It took them a long time to say this was a terrorist act by a terrorist group.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Romney criticized the administration's delayed response in labeling the attack as a terrorist act.

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