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Homegrown Terror Attacks Are an Increasing Threat, U.S. Homeland Security Chief Says
(AP-Military Times) Matthew Daly and Erick Tucker - Bombings in New York and New Jersey - and a stabbing attack in Minnesota the same day - underscore the threat to the U.S. of homegrown attacks inspired by violent extremists, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate committee Tuesday. He said Islamic State has "increased its plotting on targets outside of Iraq and Syria and continues to encourage attacks in the United States." The panel's chairman, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), said, "In all, Islamic extremist terrorists have killed 63 people on U.S. soil since our committee last held its annual hearing to consider threats to the homeland."