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On the recordApril 26, 2017
This gruesomely sad situation should have been dealt with earlier and I am disheartened that it has taken until a few weeks ago where action was taken against Assad after he conducted another chemical weapons attack, committing mass murder against his own people.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson expresses frustration over delayed action against Assad's atrocities.

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