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On the recordApril 5, 2017
I hope whatever he does is the right thing. I hope it does hurt Assad and discourage him in some way from doing this again.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Axelrod expresses hope that Trump's decisions regarding Syria will be effective in deterring Assad's actions.

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