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Ari Fleischer: “This is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2011
This is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of America's action in what would have been a multilateral action could have tipped the scales.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Fleischer criticizes the timing of U.S. intervention in Libya, suggesting it should have occurred earlier.

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