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Chris Smith: “ISIS now stands where it stands gaining ground as a result of our failure to act.”

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
ISIS now stands where it stands gaining ground as a result of our failure to act.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the consequences of U.S. inaction against ISIS.

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