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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordSeptember 2, 2013
if we failed to act. I think that's an appropriate question.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona
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Flake reflects on the implications of inaction regarding Assad's regime.

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