“Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.”

— John McCain

As quoted in Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/senjohnmccain/status/3331878099 (2009)
2000s, 2009

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politician from the United States 1936–2018

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