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Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer; US Policy in Syria “Failed”

Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer; US Policy in Syria “Failed”

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Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer says the Obama Administration needs to insure Congress…and the American people…that it has a plan to defeat the Islamic State.
Fischer says despite assurances given to Congress, the administration had to know its program to train Syrian rebels wouldn’t work. . .

Fischer, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says there are questions the administration must answer…

Fischer says it is President Barack Obama’s responsibility to develop and execute a strategy to defeat ISIS.

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