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Chris Smith: The root cause is Islamist terrorism of the kind that hit us on 9/11.

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
The root cause is Islamist terrorism of the kind that hit us on 9/11.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Attributes the threat to Christians to Islamist terrorism rather than U.S. military actions.

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