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Christopher Shays: What should be our primary concern, that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian Army, or that Syria has chemical…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
What should be our primary concern, that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian Army, or that Syria has chemical weapons that could fall into the hands of radical elements sympathetic to al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations?
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Shays questions the focus of U.S. concerns regarding Syria's chemical weapons.

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