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Colin Powell: We cannot kill ideas with bombs--we must change hearts and minds.

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
We cannot kill ideas with bombs--we must change hearts and minds.
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Colin Powell

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Emphasized the need to address root causes of extremism.

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