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On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
We can't know what would have happened if we had acted then, but we do know that since then tens of thousands of men, women, and children have lost their lives.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel reflects on the consequences of delayed action in Syria.

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