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On the recordFebruary 4, 2025
We’ll see what the Arab world says but you know that’d be problematic at many many levels.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham expressed skepticism about the practicality of Trump's Gaza proposal.

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