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On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
if any future Secretary of Defense advised a President to deploy major numbers of combat troops back to the Middle East, that they should have their head examined.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio cites a warning against deploying large troop numbers to the Middle East.

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