Dan Burton: “the war on terror goes beyond just worrying about our borders and fighting in other parts of the world against known…”

“the war on terror goes beyond just worrying about our borders and fighting in other parts of the world against known terrorists. Money from the Middle East has been coming into our universities in large amounts to try to indoctrinate young American students into taking a different position than our government has taken in fighting the war against terrorists and terror around the world. One of the things that I think is extremely important is that while we are protecting first amendment rights for people to assemble and express themselves, even if they do not agree with our government, we ought to know where this money is coming from. Millions and millions of dollars have been coming from Middle Eastern interests into colleges and universities around this country, espousing Middle Eastern positions and Middle Eastern studies. While not all of these Middle Eastern study programs are a problem, some of them are advocating the destruction of Israel and taking an opposing view to the United States Government's in dealing with the war against terror. I think it is extremely important, Mr. Chairman, that we have a reporting policy so that we know where this money is coming from. I do not believe we should cut off people's first amendment right to assemble and discuss governmental policy, but I think we ought to know where the money is coming from.…”