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Ron Johnson: “President Obama, I believe, has laid out the goal of this…”

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

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Senator Johnson at the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations

Published | Video Starts at 13:25

And in that case, which is the Kurdistan Regional Government, which is actually fighting ISIS in a very effective way. And I think United States should actually give weapons directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government. President Obama, I believe, has laid out the goal of this administration, of the US Policy right now, which is to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIS. Does anybody in the panel disagree with that goal? I'll start with you, Bishop. I disagree with the way he's doing it. Bombings by themselves are not doing much. (13:25–13:34)

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Asserts that President Obama's administration's goal is to degrade and defeat ISIS.

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