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Roger Wicker: “Many of us believe that the goal the President laid out, quote, "to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL" is right.”

On the recordMay 20, 2015
Many of us believe that the goal the President laid out, quote, "to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL" is right.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker supports the President's goal to defeat ISIL.

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