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Joe Lieberman: “The enemy is violent Islamist extremism, a political ideology that seeks to justify totalitarian governance by…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
The enemy is violent Islamist extremism, a political ideology that seeks to justify totalitarian governance by perverting religion.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes that violent extremism, not Islam, is the real threat.

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