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Ed Markey: To have someone like Gaddafi, who gave up their nuclear weapons, and then to go kill him, sent exactly the signal that…

On the recordMay 23, 2018
To have someone like Gaddafi, who gave up their nuclear weapons, and then to go kill him, sent exactly the signal that you are laying out right now.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey reflects on the consequences of the U.S. actions in Libya regarding Gaddafi.

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