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On the recordMarch 10, 2015
As these atrocities increase, as religious persecution runs rampant, as genocide is on display, we and most of the free world are beginning to reduce our military capabilities to historic lows.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham highlights the reduction of military capabilities amid rising global atrocities and religious persecution.

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