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John Kerry: “If we do not answer Assad today, we will erode a standard that has existed for those 100 years.”

On the recordSeptember 2, 2013
If we do not answer Assad today, we will erode a standard that has existed for those 100 years.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Stressing the importance of responding to Assad to maintain international standards.

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