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On the recordJune 16, 2015
For a regime and a dictator prepared to engage in this kind of horrific and depraved slaughter of its own people, and particularly of children, and the destruction of hospitals and health care facilities, the significance of removing the other chemical weapons, mustard gas and sarin, I think is significant.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline highlights the importance of eliminating chemical weapons from Assad's regime.

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