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John Kerry: if the United States of America cannot stand up and make real what we have said with respect to the prohibition on the…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
if the United States of America cannot stand up and make real what we have said with respect to the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians, that we then open Pandora's box for its use not only by Assad in the days ahead, but others who will begin to use it
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry warns about the consequences of not enforcing chemical weapon prohibitions.

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