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elleng

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:14 PM Nov 2015

Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley discusses plans for ISIS.

'Talking immigration, O'Malley didn't hesitate to throw a quick dagger at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

"So let that immigrant-bashing carnival barker Donald Trump speak to the fear within us, I'm going to speak to the goodness because the enduring symbol of our country is not the barbed wire fence, it is the Statue of Liberty,” he said.

Following terror attacks in Paris, O'Malley was asked tough international security questions.

In a one-on-one interview with NewsCenter's Devin Bartolotta, he said he has a plan.

“Our first priority has to be to defeat ISIL. We have an opportunity I believe to get the Russians to be part of a large coalition that includes NATO and many other nations in that region to do that. We should be a part of that,” he said.

The threat of ISIS cannot be contained with solely brute force in a new age of warfare, he said.

"What we need is a new national security strategy that is better at identifying threats earlier and taking action with other nations to reduce those threats,” said O'Malley.' >>>

http://www.kttc.com/story/30526654/2015/11/16/presidential-candidate-martin-omalley-discusses-plans-for-isis-at-decorah-campaign-stop

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