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John Kerry: “The military action ends when we have ended the capacity of ISIL to engage in broad-based terrorist activity that…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
The military action ends when we have ended the capacity of ISIL to engage in broad-based terrorist activity that threatens the state of Iraq, threatens the United States, threatens the region.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Kerry outlines the conditions for ending military action against ISIL.

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