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O'Reilly Invites Blackwater Founder To Endorse His Plan To Fight Islamic State With Mercenaries

Blackwater's Erik Prince: Mercenaries Are As “Part Of American History As Apple Pie”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 09/23/14 8:46 PM EDT

From the September 23 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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Related:

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Previously:

Bill O'Reilly's Plan To Defeat Islamic State: A 25,000-Person Mercenary Force

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