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Barack Obama: He said even without weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons, sarin, 70,000 people have been killed.

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

Editor's note · Context

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

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