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On the recordAugust 20, 2014
This is beyond anything we've seen so we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that, you should take a cold steely, hard look at it and get ready beyond anything we've seen.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel emphasizes the unprecedented threat posed by ISIS and the need for preparedness.

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