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“Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.”

Paul Wolfowitz

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I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems.

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People change their habits. I know Americans who don't go to Paris because they think it is too dangerous.

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I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.

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I certainly think it's important to speak up and say how unacceptable Donald Trump is. I'm always more than willing to do that.

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