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Cory Booker: I am actually growing more worried that we are relying on our military interventions with the thought that might somehow…

On the recordDecember 5, 2017
I am actually growing more worried that we are relying on our military interventions with the thought that might somehow not only solve the immediate problems but also the longer term causes of radicalization.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker worries military solutions won't address the root causes of radicalization.

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