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Ron Johnson: “Both [President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton] could…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Benghazi on America's Newsroom

Published | Video Starts at 04:03

Could the president or Secretary of State Clinton done more? Again, a clear majority think that both could have done more that night, Senator. Well, that I agree. I think Both [President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton] could have been more engaged [during the Benghazi attack]. And you know, if the president would have been more engaged, I think we would know about it. So the fact that we don't know exactly what he was doing kind of speaks volumes. (04:03–04:04)

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Asserts that both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton could have been more engaged during the Benghazi attack.

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