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Ron Johnson: “They're expanding territory in Syria.”

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

Sen. Johnson on CNN's State of the Union

Published March 27, 2016 | Video Starts at 02:23

We haven't defeated him. I listened to Senator Sanders, and, yeah, we're nibbling around the edges, and we're taking back territory in Iraq, but. But They're expanding territory in Syria. And obviously Islamic terrorists aren't putting down their arms. So this is a war and we've got to take it seriously and we've got to defeat ISIS and we've got to find terrorists wherever they exist and wipe them out. (02:23–02:26)

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Asserts that ISIS is expanding its territory in Syria.

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