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Kinzinger Statement on Death of Peter Kassig

Statement

Date: Nov. 17, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs

Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) today released the following statement following the news of the beheading of American Peter Kassig by ISIS:

"I am deeply saddened by the ruthless murder of Peter Kassig, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this terrible time. Kassig was a soldier who decided to return to the Middle East in order to help victims of war. That ISIS killed such a great example of American leadership further proves that ISIS is out to destroy everything we as Americans stand for. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and justice must, and will be served."

Kinzinger is a U.S. Air Force Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and currently serves as a major in the Air National Guard (ANG). In January of this year, he called for air strikes against ISIS, and in September he traveled to the Middle East to meet with the rebel groups fighting ISIS and witness firsthand the destruction ISIS has caused.


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