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Bob Corker: “Do you think it is in our national interest--and I will close with this--to be involved in military operations, arming…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
Do you think it is in our national interest--and I will close with this--to be involved in military operations, arming operations to going in with al-Qaeda and Hamas and others and certainly the folks that are on the ground, the opposition groups, to overthrow this government?
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker questions the U.S. involvement in military operations in Syria.

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