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On the recordMay 2, 2017
To suggest that Assad is some great protector of minorities, for the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee to have to try to justify taking action to try to address a dire situation caused by a brutal dictator.
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Ted Deutch
Democratic · Florida

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Critiques the justification of Assad's actions and the need for intervention.

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