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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
For a whole philosophy or idea or cult -- whatever you want to call it -- that frankly comes out of the Stone Age. They're cold-blooded killers marauding across the Middle East, making a mockery of a peaceful religion, and that's precisely why we are building a coalition to try to stop them from denying the women and the girls and the people of Iraq the very future that they yearn for.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry describes ISIS as a dangerous and primitive force and outlines the U.S. efforts to build a coalition against them.

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