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Richard Burr: “ISIL'S global battlefield now includes the United States and we cannot stand idly by. We must take the fight to them.”

On the recordJune 15, 2016
ISIL'S global battlefield now includes the United States and we cannot stand idly by. We must take the fight to them.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Senator Burr emphasizes the need for action against ISIL, stating that the threat has reached the U.S.

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