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Bob Corker: “Would it be good to--before committing U.S. troops and military action and money--would it be good to sort of know more…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Would it be good to--before committing U.S. troops and military action and money--would it be good to sort of know more fully who it is we are coming to the aid of?
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker questions the need for clarity on whom the U.S. would support before military intervention.

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