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Ted Poe: Why don't we just assassinate him? And then we get rid of him; he's gone, he's the bad guy, he's gone. But why don't we…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
Why don't we just assassinate him? And then we get rid of him; he's gone, he's the bad guy, he's gone. But why don't we do that?
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe questions the U.S. policy on removing Assad from power.

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