11/14/2012
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"The Kurdish Army, or the Peshmerga, otherwise known as those who confront death, is estimated to be between 250,000 and 357,000 fighters."
"ISIS' most potent recruitment tool is momentum. It is success. It is the conquest of territory covering large portions of Syria and Iraq."
"combating, confronting effectively ISIS in Iraq helps us and the Free Syrian Army more effectively confront ISIS in Syria."
"You know my district alone, last year there was a terror plot to blow up a passenger train that was thwarted."