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On the recordApril 16, 2013
If we don't supply the moderate opposition with arms, and the extremist elements of the opposition such as the al-Nusrah front continue to be well-supplied, won't the extremist elements control much of Syria if Assad is deposed?
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe warns about the risks of not arming moderate opposition in Syria.

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