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On the recordMay 20, 2015
the average American needs to understand that failure in Iraq and Syria is putting the Homeland at risk
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the risk to the U.S. from failures in Iraq and Syria.

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