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On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
Ultimately Assad's removal, to rid Syria of an autocratic regime whose hostility towards its own people was the original cause of the Syrian Civil War, is essential.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Emphasizes the necessity of removing Assad for Syria's stability.

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