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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Is there anyone left to train in Syria that would have the capability to both destroy ISIL and push Assad out?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham questions the availability of forces in Syria to combat ISIL and Assad.

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