Joe Cunningham: “I think a very poor decision by the White House, as I am trying to point out. Foreign policy, like the extension of…”

“I think a very poor decision by the White House, as I am trying to point out. Foreign policy, like the extension of Somalia, where we changed from going humanitarian to going after General Aideed, and then drawing down our forces, and our military asked for armor, we do not give it, and we lose people; Haiti could have sat there in my opinion for another 200 years. But all of those cost billions of dollars, and we are taking money out of defense to pay for them. We cannot even get an FEHBP bill for veterans, and we pay $16 billion for Haiti and Bosnia. Those kinds of decisions, is what I am telling my friend, I believe are wrong. Russia is a threat. Under the Ural Mountains, the gentleman has seen the intelligence reports, they are building a first strike nuclear site the size of inside the beltway here. They have launched six Typhoon Red October class submarines. It is a very dangerous world. Yet, my colleagues on the other side say, well, the Cold War is over. The Cold War is not over, and when we are giving potential enemies like China and Russia technology, that should be a concern of every Member in this body. It is not an issue on treason, it is an issue on national security, and one that I think that both sides of the aisle ought to stress, and we ought to look forward to it.”