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09.12.14

ON SENATE FLOOR, SHAHEEN HONORS AMERICAN JOURNALISTS MURDERED BY ISIS, CONDEMNS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

Senator Shaheen spoke on the Senate floor in support of her bipartisan resolution honoring the lives of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, who were brutally murdered by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The resolution is co-sponsored by Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and mourns the loss of Foley and Sotloff and strongly condemns ISIS while calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by the terrorist organization.

The resolution was unanimously approved by the Senate on September 9th. Read more about the resolution honoring James Foley and Steven Sotloff here: http://1.usa.gov/1slfZaN