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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
the Administration still is refusing to acknowledge that violent Islamist extremism is the ideology that fuels attacks.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes the Administration for not recognizing the threat of violent Islamist extremism.

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