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Ron Johnson: “30 or 40,000 members of ISIL right now. Reports we're…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson Questioning Secretary Kerry at Foreign Relations Hearing 2-24-15

Published | Video Starts at 02:00

I believe it will require some type of forces on the ground. Now, if it's not, not ours, but some type. Okay, so you got 30 or 40,000 members of ISIL right now. Reports we're hearing is their numbers are growing faster than we're destroying them. They're not being degraded. They may be degraded in some places, but growing in others, spreading in other places. How many ground troops do you think it's going to take realistically to decimate them, to defeat them? (02:00–02:08)

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Asserts that ISIL has 30,000 to 40,000 members and their numbers are growing faster than they are being destroyed.

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