The root cause of this problem is that ISIS exists, that it was able to rise from the ashes of what was a defeated al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Ron Johnson: “The root cause of this problem is that ISIS exists, that it was able to rise from the ashes of what was a defeated…”
On the recordNovember 18, 2015
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Ron Johnson identifies ISIS as the root cause of current issues.
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