02/08/2017
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"I have supported the training and arming of these rebels for some time."
"Had more of the moderate groups... had they had these things--cash, ammo, food--in greater supplies... it would have been very hard for Nusra to gain recruits."
"It was my impression early in this conflict that when this arose, and by the way, it is important to remind everyone that this was not a U.S.-instigated thing."
"Well, it is not a hypothetical. It is actually--it appears to be, quite frankly, we are relying on a military strategy built on rebels."