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Interpreter with US army in Afghanistan-shot twice-Asks Senator Grassley a question (Original Post) kpete Feb 2017 OP
Speak up, Senator: I can't hear you! Hekate Feb 2017 #1
Does anyone know what the question and response were? LAS14 Feb 2017 #2
The embedded clip starts cold gratuitous Feb 2017 #3

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3. The embedded clip starts cold
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 02:31 PM
Feb 2017

The fellow you might see in the freeze frame identifies himself as a Muslim, and wonders who is going to protect him in the United States. Those assembled applaud him, and he elaborates to say that he had been an interpreter in Afghanistan for U.S. Armed Forces and for his troubles had been shot twice. He wanted to know who was going to be watching out for him.

At that point, Sen. Grassley says that he has a list of questions that he's going to answer, and if there's time (interrupted by shouts of "Answer HIS question!&quot , he'll address other questions. The clip ends with Grassley ignoring the first man to look around the room to identify someone who had a question about NAFTA. It's right at the end of the clip, so Grassley might have been talking about something else, but it sounded like "NAFTA" to me.

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