On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
Mr. Speaker, in a recent interview with ABC World News, President Obama referred to the Christmas Day bomber as a Nigerian student. But he is not just a student. He's a terrorist, a would-be mass murderer who almost killed 288 innocent civilians. The administration is so concerned about being politically correct that they water down the truth about the terrorist threat facing Americans. Last year, the Obama administration instructed officials to replace the term ``global war on terror'' with ``overseas contingency operation.'' Around the same time, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano started referring to ``terrorist attacks'' as ``man-made disasters.'' The administration also abandoned the use of ``enemy combatants'' when referring to terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay. It's time to stop watering down our words and start calling terrorists what they are, terrorists. ____________________
