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Barack Obama: We're going to have to develop a moderate Sunni opposition that can control territory and that we can work with.

On the recordSeptember 6, 2014
We're going to have to develop a moderate Sunni opposition that can control territory and that we can work with.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Chuck Todd of NBC News 'Meet the Press'

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