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Islamic Extremism Threat
2015-02-13T09:01:44-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/38a/20150213091425002_hd.jpgWitnesses testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the threat posed by Islamic extremism and possible U.S. foreign policy implications. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, called for a more aggressive strategy to combat ISIS*, saying, “We are at war with violent and extreme Islamists, and we must accept that.”* The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.
Witnesses testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the threat posed by Islamic extremism and possible U.S. foreign policy implications.… read more
Islamic Extremism Threat Witnesses testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the threat posed by Islamic extremism and possible U.S. foreign policy implications. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, called for a more aggressive strategy to combat ISIS*, saying, “We are at war with violent and extreme Islamists, and we must accept that.”
* The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State. close
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- William "Bill" Braniff Executive Director University of Maryland, College Park->National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
- Mike Coffman U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
- Paul Cook U.S. Representative [R] California
- Susan Davis U.S. Representative [D] California
- Michael T. Flynn Director (Former) Defense Intelligence Agency
- Tulsi Gabbard U.S. Representative [D] Hawaii
- Gwen Graham U.S. Representative [D] Florida
- Joe Heck U.S. Representative [R] Nevada
- Doug Lamborn U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
- Jim Langevin U.S. Representative [D] Rhode Island
- Marc Lynch Associate Professor George Washington University->Political Science Department
- Martha McSally U.S. Representative [R] Arizona
- Jeff Miller U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Richard B. Nugent U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Beto O'Rourke U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Austin Scott U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
- Adam Smith U.S. Representative [D] Washington
- Mac Thornberry U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Rob Wittman U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
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