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Ron Johnson: “Ambassador Rice came on those Sunday morning programs and…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Johnson Discusses Libya Attack on CNBC

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

Your thought on that? Because that indicts Rice and whomever else was in this cover up even more. Yeah, sure. I mean, Ambassador Rice came on those Sunday morning programs and said that in fact it was a spontaneous reaction, of course to the video and in no way was an expression of hostility toward America. And you really have to say, you know, killing four American heroes, quite honestly attacking our consulate. If that's not hostility toward America, I don't know what it is. (01:29–01:42)

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Asserts that Ambassador Rice claimed the Benghazi attack was a spontaneous reaction to a video.

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