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Jay Inslee: “I think it was something like 15 out of the 19, and yet this administration, I want to know why they flew out these…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2004
I think it was something like 15 out of the 19, and yet this administration, I want to know why they flew out these people two days after September 11 without the full, complete, comprehensive interrogation of these individuals, including blood relatives of the guy who we know did this, and several days later they are playing footsy with the ambassador down at the White House of Saudi Arabia, an organization that has been very close to the oil and gas industry? I want to know why they did that. Maybe there is a good answer. I cannot imagine what it is, but this is one of the questions that the people who are serving in Iraq and the victims of September 11 want answered.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Questioning the administration's actions following the September 11 attacks.

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