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On the recordNovember 8, 2011
They may have once seen him as the force of civility. They now recognize that he is driving the country to ruin.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Senator Rubio discusses the changing perception of Bashar al-Assad among Syrian minority groups.

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