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On the recordMay 20, 2015
Do you agree with me that Syria is now a perfect forum to launch an attack from the United States because there are so many foreign fighters with Western passports?
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham suggests Syria is a strategic threat due to foreign fighters.

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