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John Kerry: “In this particular country, Libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
In this particular country, Libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry explains the urgency of intervention in Libya due to imminent violence.

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