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Ed Markey: “I appreciate that, but it just seems to me that that is a 10-year proposition...”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
I appreciate that, but it just seems to me that that is a 10-year proposition...
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the long-term nature of U.S. involvement in Syria.

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