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On the recordApril 4, 2016
I do not think terrorists distinguish between who is a combatant and who is a non-combatant in situations like that.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Ernst emphasizes the indiscriminate nature of terrorist threats to combatants and non-combatants.

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