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On the recordJune 14, 2016
I thank the Senator from Arizona. I want to put this issue and what we are trying to do in the context of what has happened in the last couple of days and what I think is going to happen in the future. No. 1, there is strong bipartisan support to increase the number of visas available to Afghans who have actively helped us in the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The reason this is so important is that it is impossible for America to defend herself without partners. To those who suggest you can win the war against radical Islam without partners, you have no idea what you are talking about. To those who suggest we can't let people come to our country after they risk their lives protecting our soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan and who are protecting us, then you don't understand the war at all. This is radical Islam against the world, not just the Islamic faith. The world should be at war with radical Islam. As to what happened in Florida, there is no doubt in my mind that these young people were killed by a radical Islamic sympathizer because they were gay. In a radical Islam world, gay people are sentenced to death just simply for being gay. They are thrown off the roofs of homes by ISIL inside of Syria and Iraq. So don't make any mistake about it, the reason these people were killed is because radical Islam judges them to be unworthy of life.…
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Jun 14, 2016

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