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John Cornyn: “Al Qaeda and ISIS maintain the intent to launch operations…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Questions Trump Admin on Iran, Effects of Democrats' DHS Shutdown on Counterterrorism

Published | Video Starts at 01:25

I think Iran has been a constant threat to the United States for an extended period of time and posed an immediate threat at this time. The threat assessment says that Al Qaeda and ISIS maintain the intent to launch operations targeting the US. but it's most likely to occur through US based loan offenders. I want to ask you, Director Patel, it seems like there's been a raft of incidents recently. (01:25–01:31)

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