The failure of some of the GCC countries to engage more directly in the threat that we believe that the Islamic states pose.
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
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Shaheen discusses the lack of GCC involvement against Islamic state threats.
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