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Friday, November 20, 2015

Clinton Details A More Aggressive US Plan for Middle East, Terrorism

http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/11/clinton-lays-out-comprehensive-more-aggressive-us-plan-middle-east-terrorism/123855/?oref=defenseone_today_nl

Clinton Details A More Aggressive US Plan for Middle East, Terrorism

November 19, 2015 By Kevin Baron
The Democratic front-runner calls for an ‘intelligence surge,’ increased special operations, and more of nearly every U.S. tool to fight terrorism.
Less than one week after the Paris attacks, Hillary Clinton called for intensifying the U.S. attack on terror groups by launching an “intelligence surge,” deploying more special operations forces to Iraq and Syria, directly arming Kurd and Sunni fighters, and establishing a Syrian no-fly zone to undergird U.S. efforts at peace talks.
Delivered Thursday at New York’s Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton’s detailed plan distinguished herself from her 2016 presidential campaign rivals, whose post-Paris pronouncements have consisted generally of sound bites (or even inaccuracies), and from Obama, whom critics have hammered as too passive.http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/11/clinton-lays-out-comprehensive-more-aggressive-us-plan-middle-east-terrorism/123855/?oref=defenseone_today_nl

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