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Johnny Isakson: On countering al-Qaeda, you're talking about a significant, potentially significant military intervention.

On the recordDecember 4, 2012
On countering al-Qaeda, you're talking about a significant, potentially significant military intervention.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson acknowledges the military intervention needed to counter al-Qaeda.

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