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On the recordSeptember 27, 2016
I thank the Senator for his passion and caring for the people of Aleppo and Syria. History will judge Senator McCain well. I am proud to be by his side. But let's be honest with each other. It is not just the Obama administration that is the problem here. Where is the United Nations? A convoy carrying aid to Aleppo was bombed, and we all believe it was by the Russians. What has the U.N. done? What about the countries in the region that border Syria? What do they know? Our friends in France have been attacked several times based on ISIL's ability to project wars by having the caliphate in Syria. They have dropped bombs. All of us have used air power. Where is Trump? If you can understand what he would do differently, I would love to hear it. I don't understand it. I can tell you this, Secretary Clinton really disappointed me when she said ``no ground forces in Iraq and Syria.'' Mr. McCAIN. May I ask my colleague, when former Secretary of State Clinton said ``no ground troops in Iraq or Syria,'' do you think that means the 4,500 that are there now have to be withdrawn? Does she really believe that you can destroy ISIS with air power alone, which was basically what she said last night?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Sep 27, 2016

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