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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
I opposed, primarily because at that point it seemed as though, you know, the administration was using the justification that 100,000 people had been killed because of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins explains his opposition to military action in Syria based on the administration's justification.

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