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On the recordApril 3, 2017
The message seems to be I am going--'I' meaning Assad, is going to keep gassing and killing people and doing whatever he wants with the help of the Russians, the Iranians, Hezbollah, and others, and then you, the world, including the European Union, are going to pay for it.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio criticizes the international response to Assad's actions in Syria.

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