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Candidates for president flesh out their anti-IS war plans

Republican contenders agree on only one thing: Obama’s strategy isn’t working.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, December 30, 2015.  REUTERS/Randall Hill - RTX20JLW

Real estate mogul Donald Trump promises to “bomb the shit” out of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) and keep Muslims out if he’s elected president.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has vowed to drop so much ordnance on Iraq and Syria that the world will find out “if sand can glow in the dark.”

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