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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
I encourage my colleagues and the American people to thoughtfully consider options in the Middle East before continuing down paths that I believe may lead to mission creep and to an indefinite United States military presence to prop up weak and sort of artificially created states designated around unsustainable boundaries.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee urges careful consideration of U.S. military involvement in the Middle East.

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