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On the recordMarch 14, 2017
It is amazing how many of them are not Syrians, how this vacuum in Syria became a magnet for foreign fighters from all over the region to come in and use it as a playground for their broader aims and goals.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio comments on foreign fighters exploiting the Syrian conflict.

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