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On the recordJuly 27, 2009
But, really, what that would suggest is that anything that they object to about our Western way of life we should compromise because it might be a reason for them to recruit each other.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Kyl argues against compromising Western values due to terrorist recruitment concerns.

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