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Barbara Boxer: Failure to act could give license to the Syrian President to use these weapons again and send a terrible signal to other…

On the recordSeptember 2, 2013
Failure to act could give license to the Syrian President to use these weapons again and send a terrible signal to other brutal regimes like North Korea.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Boxer emphasizes the consequences of inaction against Syria's chemical weapons use.

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