Political Quotes

“Madam President, Senator McCain and I have decided to come down before the Fourth of July break to talk about two issues that are very important to our national security. The first issue I would like to discuss is the threat we face as a nation from terrorist safe havens in Syria and now Iraq. The President has indicated in recent days that it is unacceptable to allow terrorist organizations such as ISIS to have safe havens from which to launch attacks against our country. Mr. President, we agree. What are you doing about it? I understand Iraq is complicated. I understand you would need a new government in Iraq that Sunnis could buy into to probably turn Iraq around. That is a problem, but that is a separate problem from safe havens that can be used to launch attacks against the United States. Please do not turn over to the Iraqi politicians the timeline as to whether we will act to protect ourselves. This is the FBI Director: ``My concern is that people can go to Syria, develop new relationships, learn new techniques and become far more dangerous, and then flow back.'' Americans are now in Syria. Some 7,500 foreign fighters from 50 countries have gone to Syria. They are now in Iraq. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was kicked out by Al Qaeda. These are the most extreme people on the planet. They have now gone into Iraq and taken large territories and up to $500 million in resources. They had a $30 million-a-year budget. They have more money than they ever dreamed of.…”