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Ted Poe: If we think we can remake the Middle East in our own image, we are certain to incur incredible American casualties.

On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
If we think we can remake the Middle East in our own image, we are certain to incur incredible American casualties.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe warns against the belief that the U.S. can reshape the Middle East easily.

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