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Flowersa Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Cables?
Hi what is "cables" in this context?
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As far as the 281 concurrent threat reports that Panetta and Dempsey claimed kept them from considering Benghazi a special threat, Graham asks how many of those cables came from US Ambassadors stating specifically (as Stevens’ did) that an American installation was incapable of defending itself against a sustained attack and that government buildings nearby were flying al-Qaeda flags —"
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As far as the 281 concurrent threat reports that Panetta and Dempsey claimed kept them from considering Benghazi a special threat, Graham asks how many of those cables came from US Ambassadors stating specifically (as Stevens’ did) that an American installation was incapable of defending itself against a sustained attack and that government buildings nearby were flying al-Qaeda flags —"
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com/dictionary/cable 3b: cablegram, also : a radio message or telegram H.
- com/dictionary/cable 3b: cablegram, also : a radio message or telegram H.
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Cable http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable
3b: cablegram, also: a radio message or telegram
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3b: cablegram, also: a radio message or telegram
H.
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