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Bob Corker: “What he did with the chemical weapons while crass, while something that violates every international norm that we have…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
What he did with the chemical weapons while crass, while something that violates every international norm that we have, the way we have responded to that or the way we responded to him doing that has validated his position.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker critiques the U.S. response to Assad's chemical weapons use, suggesting it strengthened his position.

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