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On the recordSeptember 15, 2014
Over time if ISIL is not stopped, and with the economic power that it has now, then what I would foresee happening, not only an immediate threat to United States citizens and our people, our interests.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel warns of ISIL's potential threat to U.S. citizens and interests if not contained.

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