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On the recordJune 14, 2016
It still appears to me that we have a really light touch, very, very light touch, in a country that... could in fact breed problems far greater than Syria.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker warns about the risks of a minimal U.S. presence in Libya.

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