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Kelly Ayotte: “The strength of the insurgency in Syria is now estimated at somewhere between 75,000 or 80,000 or up to 110,000 to…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
The strength of the insurgency in Syria is now estimated at somewhere between 75,000 or 80,000 or up to 110,000 to 115,000 insurgents, who are organized into more than 1,500 groups of widely varying political leanings.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

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Ayotte discusses the complexity of the Syrian insurgency and its foreign fighters.

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