But in light of the attacks on our ally friends last Friday, I urge my colleagues to keep a cool head and not to react exactly the way ISIS and other terrorists hope we do, with fear, with chaos, and with lashing out.
Gutierrez calls for calm and rational response to terrorist attacks.
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