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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
It is also about technology. All of the environmentalists or extreme environmentalists who are trying to stop or fighting this war against fossil fuels, they ought to be rejoicing that we have this technology now. When we talk about the…
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with all the things that are going on right now, I am particularly interested in the hearing we had yesterday on ISIS. It was a big deal. I applaud General Dempsey for his honesty in talking about how serious this war is that we are…
I appreciate, Secretary Hagel, the statement you made when you said that ISIS poses an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it's in Iraq or anyplace else.
If Western countries act in Iraq and Syria without visible participation and leadership of Arab nations, it will play into the propaganda pitch of the violent extremists that we are interested in dominating Iraq and Syria.
It will not involve American combat troops fighting on the soil. American forces will not have a combat mission.
If we want our military men and women to go into harm's way and defend this country, we need to give them the training, the tools, and the support they need to succeed.
The effort to rid Iraq of ISIS cannot be successful without the support of all elements of Iraqi society, including not only Shi'ites, Kurds, and religious minorities, but also the Sunni tribes.
Now we face an extremist organization that is larger, more brutal, better networked, and better funded than al Qaeda ever was.
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