Bob Menendez said "We have lost the opportunity and emboldened and strengthened our enemies whether those are Assad, Iran, Russia, the Islamic State." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 16, 2016

We have lost the opportunity and emboldened and strengthened our enemies whether those are Assad, Iran, Russia, the Islamic State.

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Bob Menendez

Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez reflects on missed chances to counter adversaries in the Syrian conflict.

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