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On June 26, 2014 Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina asked for and was granted permission to address the United States Senate regarding a matter of urgent national security.
Here is some of what he had to say:
“The President has indicated in recent days that it is unacceptable to allow terrorist organizations such as ISIS to have safe havens from which to launch attacks against our country.
Mr. President, we agree. What are you doing about it? I understand Iraq is complicated. I understand you would need a new government in Iraq that Sunnis could buy into to probably turn Iraq around. That is a problem, but that is a separate problem from safe havens that can be used to launch attacks against the United States. Please do not turn over to the Iraqi politicians the timeline as to whether we will act to protect ourselves.
This is the FBI Director: “My concern is that people can go to Syria, develop new relationships, learn new techniques and become far more dangerous, and then flow back.”
Americans are now in Syria. Some 7,500 foreign fighters from 50 countries have gone to Syria. They are now in Iraq. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was kicked out by Al Qaeda. These are the most extreme people on the planet. They have now gone into Iraq and taken large territories and up to $500 million in resources. They had a $30 million-a-year budget. They have more money than they ever dreamed of. Their desire to hit the homeland is growing. Last week the leader of this group said: We will be coming to America next.”
(Source: Congressional Record: http://thomas.loc.gov/).
NOTE: Senator Graham is a powerful member of the Committee on Armed Services which has jurisdiction over all areas of national defense including the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
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