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Ron Johnson: “We need a far more robust intelligence gathering…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNBC's Squawk on the Street

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

And we're going to be going into a couple of secure briefings here later day, maybe get some more details. But you know, the basic fact of the matter is we are vulnerable and We need a far more robust intelligence gathering capabilities, our first line of defense and we need to defeat isis. We have to deny them that territory. This is the civilized world against Islamic terror. We got to take that threat seriously and wipe them off the face of the planet. (00:50–00:57)

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Asserts the need for more robust intelligence gathering capabilities and the defeat of ISIS.

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