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On the recordSeptember 10, 2014
Mr. President, yesterday I had the opportunity and good fortune to be invited to the White House with Speaker Boehner, Leader Pelosi, and Leader McConnell. We spent more than an hour with the President and Vice President talking about what is going on in the world. We do know what is going on in the world separate and apart from that meeting at the White House. There is a murderous, vile terrorist group that is taking over parts of Iraq and is trying to move into other parts of the world in the Middle East. Their brutality is unprecedented, especially unprecedented in that they want to advertise how vile they are. They are so vicious, going after everyone-- civilians, women, children--trying to eliminate anyone who they think disagrees with them. They have targeted minorities, they have targeted Jews, Christians, and anyone whom they disagree with--religious minorities. We saw that. We had thousands and thousands of ancient religious minorities trapped on a mountain by these vicious, vile people. Of course, they are after any American. The two innocent journalists who were out just covering the news were beheaded and they advertised the beheadings. The Islamic State or ISIS--whatever we want to call them--will be stopped. They must be stopped and they need to be destroyed and they will be destroyed. President Obama has taken decisive action during the month of August to protect Americans and help prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.…
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Harry Reid
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