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10.39pm BST Kerry guarantees the committee that it's more dangerous in this case to do nothing: If Congress does not to do this, I can guarantee, whether it's Assad in Syria or nuclear weapons in Iran or nuclear weapons in North Korea, we will have... a [certain] confrontation at some point in time that will require you to make a decision that will be even worse.
For Syrians, the main enemy is indeed at home – it's Assad who is engaging in what the UN has termed "the crime of extermination".
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