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Chris Murphy: “But you sort of describe a chicken and egg problem here in that if you train up a counterterrorism force today, ISIL may…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2016
But you sort of describe a chicken and egg problem here in that if you train up a counterterrorism force today, ISIL may not be a big enough problem that they would concentrate their force there and they will go after somebody else.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the challenges of training counterterrorism forces against ISIL.

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