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Mike Lee: It's been 1 year since President Obama announced to the world that the United States would undertake a strategy to…

On the recordMay 20, 2015
It's been 1 year since President Obama announced to the world that the United States would undertake a strategy to degrade and defeat ISIS in order to return some semblance of stability to Iraq and create an environment that could lead to a negotiated end to the civil war in Syria.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee reflects on the U.S. strategy against ISIS and its implications for Iraq and Syria.

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