Jim DeMint: “It is a complex opportunity that we have in the Middle East. I wish it were so simple as to remove a dictator, let…”

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.

His proposal was so outlandish, I don't think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with.

Certainly, the Federal Government needs to be an example everywhere we can.

To paraphrase Ambassador Ryan Crocker, we need to be in the business of risk management, not risk avoidance.