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On the recordApril 29, 2013
He said even without weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons, sarin, 70,000 people have been killed.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama highlights the humanitarian crisis in Syria due to chemical weapons.

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