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Jim Risch: “Bashar al-Assad would not even be in office today if it were not for Iran.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Bashar al-Assad would not even be in office today if it were not for Iran.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes Iran's crucial support for Assad's regime in Syria.

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