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On the recordJune 16, 2015
The Assad regime is responsible for the deaths of maybe 150,000 to 200,000 people in Syria.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the brutality of the Assad regime compared to the Islamic State.

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