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Tulsi Gabbard: “They have more territory, but they're taking over Syria's…”

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Rep Tulsi Gabbard on The Situation Room talks about Russian air strikes in Syria

Published | Video Starts at 02:19

What happens is Assad gets taken out ISIS and these Islamic extremist groups walk in the front door. Then we're talking about a very serious threat because not only do They have more territory, but they're taking over Syria's highly capable weapons systems, military systems. and being able to to really prove themselves to be a far greater threat than we've seen thus far. That's a fair point, Congresswoman. As you know, we're awaiting a statement from Secretary Kerry. (02:19–02:27)

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Asserts that extremist groups would take over Syria's weapons systems if Assad is removed.

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