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On the recordJanuary 18, 2005
I think the notion that we have a very real and present danger in the nihilistic ideologies of radical Islam, I think most Americans share.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the threat of radical Islam and American perceptions.

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