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Adam Kinzinger: “But when we didn't intervene, it actually got way worse than we ever could have imagined, which is where we are at…”

On the recordApril 26, 2017
But when we didn't intervene, it actually got way worse than we ever could have imagined, which is where we are at today.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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He argues that nonintervention led to a worsening situation in Syria.

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