03/16/2016
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"So our foreign policy in this region is changing."
"If we do think of Russia as an adversary and we do not want to cede influence and control in the Middle East to Russia, well, we just went in the opposite direction."
"We ought to have a real honest conversation about how we approach this region because the reality is what has happened in the last couple weeks has strengthened Assad."
"But to say that President Trump has caused this I think is erroneous."