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Carly Fiorina Says Knowledge of Medieval History Will Help Her Defeat ISIS

Related Link No, Carly Fiorina, a degree in medieval history doesn't qualify you to fight Isis By historian David M. Perry

For over three decades, Carly Fiorina’s bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in medieval history and philosophy has had little real-world application.

But as she mounts a presidential bid, the Republican candidate says her degree is finally of use as she considers how she would deal with ISIS as commander-in-chief.

“Finally my degree in medieval history and philosophy has come in handy,” Fiorina said Sunday night, “because what ISIS wants to do is drive us back to the Middle Ages, literally.”

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