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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence member Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) (L) arrives for a hearing about Benghazi at the U.S. Capitol November 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. Congress is holding three separate committee hearings about the September 11 attacks on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence member Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) (L) arrives for a hearing about Benghazi at the U.S. Capitol November 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. Congress is holding three separate committee hearings about the September 11 attacks on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Rep. Michele Bachmann has built her political career by being outspoken. It has helped her raise tens of millions of dollars and go from obscure back bencher to presidential candidate in three terms.

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