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Johnny Isakson: “I would submit to you that the enemy we face today... is every bit as lethal, every bit as awful, and every bit as big a…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
I would submit to you that the enemy we face today... is every bit as lethal, every bit as awful, and every bit as big a threat to America as was the World War II effort against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in the Pacific.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Isakson emphasizes the severity of the threat posed by ISIL compared to WWII.

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