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  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican (Associated Press)

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  • ** FILE ** Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

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  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Associated Press)

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  • **FILE** U.S. envoy Chris Stevens speaks April 11, 2011, to local media at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press)

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  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, whose district encompasses Miami, told the Washington Guardian that Hezbollah’s al-Manar television is part of the terror network, and the Treasury Department’s designation of individuals associated with the organization as “specially designated nationals” makes it illegal to conduct business with the group.

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