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Sean Duffy: spending $500 million in trying to train 500 'moderate' rebels to take on 40,000 to 80,000 jihadists doesn't seem like a…

On the recordNovember 12, 2014
spending $500 million in trying to train 500 'moderate' rebels to take on 40,000 to 80,000 jihadists doesn't seem like a sound strategy to defeat this group of radicals.
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Sean Duffy
Republican · Wisconsin

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Duffy questions the effectiveness of funding moderate rebels against ISIS.

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