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Adam Kinzinger: “Bashar al-Assad, if I hear it again I am going to pull my hair out, is no friend of the United States, no friend to…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2014
Bashar al-Assad, if I hear it again I am going to pull my hair out, is no friend of the United States, no friend to Christianity, no friend to the West.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger criticizes Assad's role and impact on the U.S. and its allies.

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