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Mike McCaul: Even if we are able to topple the Assad regime, which will be increasingly difficult with the overt support of Assad by…

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
Even if we are able to topple the Assad regime, which will be increasingly difficult with the overt support of Assad by Russia and the covert support by Iran, what next?
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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Questions the consequences of toppling Assad amid foreign support.

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