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Adam Kinzinger: “I support this amendment, not because it is part of a larger strategy in Syria that we would like to see from this…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
I support this amendment, not because it is part of a larger strategy in Syria that we would like to see from this administration but because it is a first step in addressing ISIS in Syria. I ask my colleagues to support this first step that many have been calling for to train the FSA before it is too late. What would our enemies and allies think if we rejected the President's authority to do this? I urge support of this amendment.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Sep 17, 2014

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