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Claire McCaskill: Isn't the biggest danger to the homeland the ability of this extreme jihad viewpoint being transferred to Americans?

On the recordMay 20, 2015
Isn't the biggest danger to the homeland the ability of this extreme jihad viewpoint being transferred to Americans?
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill highlights the threat of radicalization from extremist ideologies.

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