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On the recordMarch 2, 2016
A great risk is that outside intervention against the Islamic state before a cohesive government is formed could sharpen these political fault lines.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker warns that premature intervention could exacerbate Libya's political divisions.

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