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Our objective is to deter further chemical weapons use by the regime, to degrade their capacity to carry out future chemical weapons attacks, and to enforce the international norm against chemical weapons use.

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John Kerry outlines the U.S. objectives regarding chemical weapons in Syria.

09/02/2013

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