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Bob Corker: “A key stumbling block is the question of who and what faction will control the country's armed forces.”

On the recordMarch 2, 2016
A key stumbling block is the question of who and what faction will control the country's armed forces.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker highlights the challenge of military control in Libya's fragmented political landscape.

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