01/09/2018
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"I think Ambassador Carson expressed well our concern."
"We can't turn our backs on it. It doesn't mean we have to lead the effort, but we must always be conscious about the effort and we must contribute wherever we can to its solution."
"over the last 6 years, this particular franchise of al-Qaeda, in just the money that they raised by taking hostages and ransoming them, had raised $50 million."
"We need allies and we cannot always be in the lead in every theater in this conflict."