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On the recordApril 3, 2017
it is hard to imagine the international community getting together and helping rebuild a Syria in which a war criminal, a monster like Bashar al-Assad would somehow be running that country.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio expresses doubt about rebuilding Syria under Assad's leadership.

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