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Riley Moore: “We did have a Tomahawk cruise missile strike just around…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Joins 'National Report' to Discuss the Attacks on Christians in Nigeria During Holy Week

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

They're training and working with the Nigerian military to try to address their capability gaps that they have there. We have MQ9 reapers there currently as well. And as you saw, We did have a Tomahawk cruise missile strike just around Christmas in Nigeria to try to address ISIS and Boko Haram. which also operate in that country largely unfettered, which is a terrible, terrible situation. But look, Nigerian government has been trying to make some steps toward this, but they're not doing it fast enough. (02:27–02:33)

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Asserts that a Tomahawk cruise missile strike occurred around Christmas in Nigeria targeting ISIS and Boko Haram.

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