Senator: Europe attacks reveal our 'collective failure' vs ISIS

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Washington Examiner:

A key Republican senator says recent terrorist attacks in Europe shows the continent is "paying the price for our collective failure" to defeat the Islamic State, and that the U.S. will face similar dangers the longer it takes to defeat the terrorist group.

 

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is set to hold a hearing Tuesday that he'll use to call for a stepped-up U.S. campaign against the Islamic State, and examine how to keep Americans safe in Europe after two high-profile attacks in Brussels and Paris. Johnson chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

 

"We need a more robust effort to eliminate the threat posed by ISIS. It has been more than 18 months since President Obama stated our agreed upon goal: the defeat of ISIS," Johnson is expected to say, according to remarks provided to the Washington Examiner. "We're still looking to the administration for a strategy and plan to accomplish that goal. The clock is ticking."