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John Kerry: “It is urgent, and it is grave. We would be fools not to take this threat seriously.”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
It is urgent, and it is grave. We would be fools not to take this threat seriously.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Stressing the seriousness of the threat posed by ISIL.

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