23 March 2016
Ambassador Francis Rooney, Former U.S. Ambassador to The Holy See, Author and Foreign Policy Expert, discusses recent terror attacks and explains that the United States is a nation at war, what should be done to limit the ongoing threats posed by ISIS and Islamic extremism, and other foreign policy current events.
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