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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
So the more foreign fighters that flow into Syria and Iraq to help ISIL and other organizations makes it more difficult for us to prevent the next attack.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham highlights the threat of foreign fighters to U.S. security.

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