Kirk: US must take hard line against Islamic State

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CHICAGO (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says the United States should take a hard line against the Islamic State group.

Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist. It also warns President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the group continue there’ll be continued violence.

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