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Tim Kaine: “The conflict and the Assad regime have become a magnet for foreign fighters, many affiliated with terrorist groups.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
The conflict and the Assad regime have become a magnet for foreign fighters, many affiliated with terrorist groups.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Describing the Syrian conflict as a draw for foreign extremists.

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