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US Congressional Leaders Back Campaign Against IS

U.S. congressional leaders voiced support Thursday for military strikes against the Islamic State, after President Obama’s Wednesday night address explaining the threat posed by Sunni radicals and the campaign that will be waged against them. From Capitol Hill, VOA’s Michael Bowman reports.

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