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Ted Poe: “But when the United States decided to remove his legitimate government and overthrow him, that was, to me, a strategic…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
But when the United States decided to remove his legitimate government and overthrow him, that was, to me, a strategic political mistake that has consequences we see today.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe criticizes the U.S. decision to remove Gaddafi, calling it a strategic mistake.

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