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Our intervention to destabilize the Assad regime has really made the chaos worse in Syria. And if you were to get rid of Assad today, I would actually worry about the 2 million Christians that are protected by Assad.

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Rand Paul
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 7
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