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On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
We have been very clear to the Assad regime that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama's warning to Assad regarding chemical weapons in 2012.

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