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Lindsey Graham: Is it fair to say that how we take Raqqa can determine the outcome of Geneva in terms of a political settlement?

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Is it fair to say that how we take Raqqa can determine the outcome of Geneva in terms of a political settlement?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham connects military actions in Raqqa to future political negotiations.

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