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On the recordMarch 16, 2015
I was driving in this morning and heard again the reports that Assad, who we seem to be somewhat cozying up to--I don't know why--has apparently dropped some more poison gas on the civilian population.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel criticizes U.S. relations with Assad amid ongoing chemical attacks in Syria.

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