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McCain Privately Met With Dictator Pinochet

Veteran reporter John Dinges reports on HuffPost's OffThe Bus that U.S. embassy cables confirm that in '85 McCain had warm and friendly private meet with Chilean dictator Pinochet. No preconditions. No speaking up for democracy. Instead, they agreed that communism was bad.As an American with Chilean heritage, I must say that I am highly offended by this. My grandfather spent years in a concentration camp because of Augusto Pinochet. Thank God he made it out alive.Fuck you, John McCain.

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