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Ed Markey: Removing Assad is just one step. I think that it has to be accompanied by a set of guarantees that it is just not going…

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
Removing Assad is just one step. I think that it has to be accompanied by a set of guarantees that it is just not going to be mass carnage afterward.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the need for guarantees following Assad's removal to prevent further violence.

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