Is it the policy of the Trump administration to deny North Korea the capability of building an ICBM that can hit the American Homeland with a nuclear weapon on top?
Lindsey Graham
The Public Record
Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.
The best way to avoid a military conflict with North Korea over their missile program is for China to wake up North Korea to the reality of what threat that presents to North Korea and China.
It should be the policy of the United States to never allow North Korea to develop an ICBM with a warhead that could hit America.
As a matter of fact, it is one of the best purchases you could have, in terms of dealing with the international terrorism, is Afghanistan.
If you had $10 billion more on top of what the White House requested, that would be a good thing.
If anybody falls in the service of the country in Afghanistan, they died to protect the Homeland?
What would happen to the Air Force's ability to deal with these threats if we went back to sequestration levels?
Do we need to up our game when it comes to dealing with potential drone attacks on the country?
What signal would we be sending to Russia if Congress failed to act for punishing them?
That policy has to have all options on the table to be meaningful, including the military option?
Is it also fair to say that we do not have any intentions of invading North Korea at all?
Is it fair to say that in 5 years, this threat, if not unchecked, is going to get worse and more lethal?
Is it fair to say it is in our national security interests for Damascus not to be handed over to Assad, a proxy for Iran, in any final settlement, that you cannot have Iran dominating Damascus?
This committee--the chairman has decided, I think, to mark up the 640 versus 603.
If the Trump administration is listening, how you take Raqqa will determine how successful we are in neutralizing Iranian influence and Russian influence.
The president has asked Congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wiretapped by the Obama administration. I'll take up that challenge and we sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the FBI, asking them for any…
I want a better relationship with Russia, but that never will be achieved until Russia changes its practice of trying to grind democracy into the ground.
Every effort to stop Russia in the past, whether it be Georgia, the Ukraine, you name it, is clearly not working.
My goal is to inform the American people of the risks that you have being in the backyard of Russia as a democracy.
Your country is in our thoughts and prayers, and I want you to see in America a more reliable ally in the future.





