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Marco Rubio: “Had we been more forceful early on... do you think that it is possible that you would--that that space that was left…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
Had we been more forceful early on... do you think that it is possible that you would--that that space that was left there for ISIL may never have existed?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio questions if early U.S. intervention could have prevented ISIL's emergence.

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