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Adam Kinzinger: “Since September 11th, our security focus has been primarily geared toward the Middle East, where we have spent the past…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2018
Since September 11th, our security focus has been primarily geared toward the Middle East, where we have spent the past 17 years combating Islamic extremism.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the shift in U.S. security focus post-9/11.

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