On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line.”
Editor's note · Context
President Obama asserts that the red line regarding chemical weapons use was established by the international community, not by him.
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