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On the recordOctober 28, 2013
We have been played in that part of the world. We continue to be played in that part of the world and the American people are sick and tired of it.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Critique of U.S. involvement in foreign nation-building efforts.

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