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On the recordFebruary 16, 2007
My last point wasn't that Lebanon is California or New York or Massachusetts. My last point was that the free elections in Iraq inspired the Lebanese to work to eject the Syrian influence, which I think the gentleman would agree was not a good influence in Lebanon. It inspired people to want to be free.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Responding to a point about the influence of free elections in Iraq on Lebanon.

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