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On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
If we do nothing, what is the likelihood, in your judgment, that Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons as a routine weapon to turn the tide of the civil war?
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly questions the risk of Assad using chemical weapons if no action is taken.

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