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On the recordMarch 10, 2015
we are facing today a religious genocide in the Middle East by ISIS and other groups destroying Christian populations that have existed for 2,000 years.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Lindsey Graham emphasizes the severe threat of religious genocide against Christians in the Middle East.

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