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Rand Paul: “I guess my question is, do we create more terrorists than we kill when we go in and kill a handful of people in a remote…”

On the recordJune 7, 2017
I guess my question is, do we create more terrorists than we kill when we go in and kill a handful of people in a remote village in Yemen?
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul questions the effectiveness of military actions in reducing terrorism.

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