On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
Mr. President, a FOX News poll released this month found that ``a record-high 54 percent of American voters feel the U.S. is less safe today than it was before 9/11.'' Fifty-four percent of Americans think they are less safe than they were before 9/11. The article went on to say: Voters also think: A major terrorist attack is likely in the near future. . . . Last year's U.S.-Iran agreement on Iran's nuclear program made the U.S. less safe. . . . The $400 million the U.S. paid Iran after American prisoners were released was ransom. . . . Terrorism is one of the most important issues facing the country. Those are all quotes from the survey that was done where 54 percent of Americans indicated they thought they were less safe today than they were before 9/11. And it is not surprising that Americans are worried. When President Obama was elected, he was widely regarded as America's next great foreign policy President. Here was a President who would restore America's standing in the world and calm the troubled waters of international conflict. Confidence in his abilities was so high that he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize before he had actually done anything to bring peace. But after 8 years of the Obama administration, the world is less, not more, safe.…





