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Marco Rubio: “It seems from here to appear to be that Assad is undertaking a very deliberate strategy of trying to wipe out what we…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
It seems from here to appear to be that Assad is undertaking a very deliberate strategy of trying to wipe out what we could call moderate forces.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio discusses Assad's strategy against moderate forces in Syria.

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