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Lindsey Graham: Mr. President, 3 years have passed since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Largely because of the anger and the concern…

On the recordOctober 5, 2004
Mr. President, 3 years have passed since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Largely because of the anger and the concern and the desire to show that the lives of those 3,000 Americans who were sacrificed on that day had meaning, we are nearing passage of a meaningful intelligence reform plan. But as we commit ourselves to implementing this plan, I remain convinced that we still will not be doing all we can do, all we should do to win the war on terror and to hold our adversaries to account. Why do I hold those views? It is my view that we have allowed to escape at least one and possibly more make-believe allies that have and may be today supporting terrorists with financial, logistical, and even diplomatic resources. These allies are saying one thing in their public relations campaign but doing quite another in their palaces, in the halls of government when it comes to nurturing al-Qaida and other terrorist networks.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the need for intelligence reform and addressing potential allies of terrorists.

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