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Adam Kinzinger: “I think bombs and guns are important in the current fight, but I think we have to look at that next generation.”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
I think bombs and guns are important in the current fight, but I think we have to look at that next generation.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the need to focus on future generations in the fight against terror.

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