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Ed Markey: “This amounts to war crimes, and we cannot be complicitous in covering up accountability for war crimes.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
This amounts to war crimes, and we cannot be complicitous in covering up accountability for war crimes.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey condemns the Assad regime's actions as war crimes that must be addressed.

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