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Jeanne Shaheen: The failure of some of the GCC countries to engage more directly in the threat that we believe that the Islamic states…

On the recordOctober 5, 2015
The failure of some of the GCC countries to engage more directly in the threat that we believe that the Islamic states pose.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen discusses the lack of GCC involvement against Islamic state threats.

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