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Rob Portman: “Destabilizing behavior I think is the part that we missed, and look what has happened in the last several years with…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
Destabilizing behavior I think is the part that we missed, and look what has happened in the last several years with regard to Hezbollah in Syria in particular but also as we see in Yemen and elsewhere.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman emphasizes the importance of addressing destabilizing behavior in the Middle East.

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