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Ron Johnson: “If President Obama was really serious about this, what he…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on Fox News Channel's On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren

Published | Video Starts at 06:21

They're probably being hidden within population centers. So the effectiveness of the strike, I think, has definitely been degraded by dithering, by waiting. If President Obama was really serious about this, what he would have been doing is he would have been assembling a coalition of the willing for a couple years. certainly over certainly since the first reports of chemical weapon use. And then, Amy, did st pre date Aug 21 when the use of chemical weapons use. Absolutely. (06:21–06:29)

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Asserts that President Obama should have been assembling a coalition for years regarding Syria.

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