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On the recordMay 11, 2016
We started the conflict, we did not follow through, it left a vacuum, the vacuum has now been filled by ISIS.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio discusses the consequences of U.S. military intervention leading to instability.

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