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Pat Robertson calls for Assassination of Foreign Leader
When: Monday, August 22, 2005 at 6:30 PM and 11:00 PM EST
Where: Christian Broadcast Network "The 700 Club" broadcast nationally
Offense: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested on American national television that American agents assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a Head of State of a Foreign Country. The quote taken from the national broadcast of "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network on Monday night, August 22, 2005. Robertson is quoted as saying "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability" and he went on to say "We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator" and he then continued with "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
