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Chris Smith: The threat to Christians and other minorities in this region was not ultimately caused by U.S. military action of the…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
The threat to Christians and other minorities in this region was not ultimately caused by U.S. military action of the struggle for democracy. The root cause is Islamic terrorism of the kind that hit us on 9/11.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes that Islamic terrorism is the root cause of threats to minorities, not U.S. actions.

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