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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) and Queen Silvia (L) of Sweden attend a lunch meeting on Capitol Hill May 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen met with members of the Swedish Congressional Caucus during the meeting.
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My office is currently seeking out the witnesses and survivors of Benghazi to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. To date, the Obama administration has refused to let them testify. Too many questions remain unanswered. Now, there are too many new questions ... The evidence we had in January already suggested that Mrs. Clinton ignored repeated requests for more security in Benghazi. The new evidence we have today – and that continues to mount – suggests that at the very least, Mrs. Clinton should never hold high office again.
The administration had testified eight times, has briefed 20 times, Secretary Clinton spent five hours answering questions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 25,000 documents have already been turned over, video of the actual event has been made available for members to see
It’s the first word of negotiation or thought of that we have heard from them since all of this has begun ... I’m prepared to look at that as at least a beginning, not acceptable obviously, and we have to go further.More quotes »
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Lawmakers push measure on Israel's self-defense
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