Elissa Slotkin actually said...

"The U.S. really does have a vital national security interest in ensuring that Iraq or any other country does not become a safe haven for terrorists who could threaten the U.S. homeland, U.S. citizens,..."

"the threat from ISIL that that poses to us, to our allies, to our partners, and the importance that puts on pushing back on them."

"I agree that the sectarian violence that had been raging in Iraq at the height of the war was significantly diminished, significantly, by the time that we departed."

"I think that things may have been different, but I don't know that we wouldn't be in a similar situation to where we are today."