Susan Collins said "I continue to have deep concerns that this Administration refuses to acknowledge that violent Islamist extremism is the ideology that fuels such attacks." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 29, 2011

I continue to have deep concerns that this Administration refuses to acknowledge that violent Islamist extremism is the ideology that fuels such attacks.

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Susan Collins

Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes the Administration for not recognizing violent Islamist extremism as a key threat.

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