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Chris Smith: If this doesn't rise to the level of genocide, I don't know what does.

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
If this doesn't rise to the level of genocide, I don't know what does.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the severity of the situation in Syria and Iraq.

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