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Ron Johnson: “We had a man in Madison or in Wisconsin that was just…”

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

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer Interviews Sen. Johnson 4-16-15

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

An American citizen, this particular case, a naturalized US Citizen arrested on these terror charges. It looks like this problem is intensifying, but I'm anxious to get your analysis. It is. Well, it's very concerning. We had a man in Madison or in Wisconsin that was just arrested as well, trying to, you know, travel over to the Middle east to join isis. So this is very concerning. And it's one of the reasons I've been talking about is the fact that we have got to actually accomplish what President Obama laid out as a goal, degrade and defeat isis. (00:26–00:36)

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