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John Kerry: What we've done is we've stop the onslaught that is what we were able to achieve with air power. They were moving…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2014
What we've done is we've stop the onslaught that is what we were able to achieve with air power. They were moving towards Erbil and Baghdad. Baghdad could well have fallen. Erbil could have fallen. They could have had control of all of the oil fields.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry discusses the effectiveness of air power in stopping ISIS's advance towards key locations in Iraq.

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