Lindsey Graham: “Defeat, degrade, and destroy ISIL, that should be the United States'…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015

Defeat, degrade, and destroy ISIL, that should be the United States' goal?

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Senator Graham questions the goal of U.S. military efforts against ISIL.

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