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Dick Durbin: “That's $32 billion that Muammar Gaddafi can't use to pay mercenaries, gas up his tanks, or purchase weapons to kill his…”

On the recordApril 4, 2011
That's $32 billion that Muammar Gaddafi can't use to pay mercenaries, gas up his tanks, or purchase weapons to kill his own people.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the impact of freezing Libyan assets on Gaddafi's military funding.

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