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Adam Kinzinger: “I think where the disagreement comes is not - first off, ISIS isn't defeated. I'm afraid they're reconstituting, as we…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2019
I think where the disagreement comes is not - first off, ISIS isn't defeated. I'm afraid they're reconstituting, as we speak, even just psychologically, they can call this a victory.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger's assertion that ISIS is not defeated and the implications of U.S. withdrawal.

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