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Gerry Connolly: “The dysfunction within Lebanon is what created Hezbollah, created a receptive climate for Hezbollah.”

On the recordApril 27, 2016
The dysfunction within Lebanon is what created Hezbollah, created a receptive climate for Hezbollah.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly discusses the link between Lebanon's dysfunction and the rise of Hezbollah.

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