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Boehner: ‘Spread of Terrorism has Increased Exponentially’ Under Obama

By JM Rieger
Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

By JM Rieger and Daniel Newhauser and Emma Dumain

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Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio said he is looking to the White House to craft an overall strategy to quell the spread of terrorism in Iraq and the Middle East, which he said has been “exponentially” on the rise during President Barack Obama’s presidency. His comments come a day after he met with the president at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., along with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and the top two Senate leaders, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

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