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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Defeat, degrade, and destroy ISIL, that should be the United States' goal?
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

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

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