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Ron Johnson: “We need to do everything we can to help the Kurds stabilize…”

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

Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published June 26, 2014 | Video Starts at 04:28

One of our strategies right now is let's make sure we help the Kurds maintain their stability, to defend their territory. So that answers the. In your opinion, the why, but what to do now? Well, again, We need to do everything we can to help the Kurds stabilize Kurdistan. Quite honestly, from my standpoint, I'd rather have the Kurds governing Kirkuk and Baji and Mosul than Al Qaeda. What's happening right now is this is a term that the Wall Street Journal, I think I first read it there. (04:28–04:34)

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Asserts the need for U.S. support to stabilize the Kurdish region.

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