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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
The threat of ISIS and these other terrorist groups, are they a threat? Sure they are, and we have to be eternally vigilant.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper stresses the importance of vigilance against ISIS and similar terrorist threats.

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