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On the recordSeptember 9, 2016
Look around the world. In Europe, in Asia, in the Middle East, and in Africa, wherever you see evidence of radical Islam, that extremism can usually be traced to preachers of hate from Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom has blood on its hands. Is it the blood of the victims of 9/11? Possibly. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were Saudis. Some Saudis were permitted to flee this country without thorough interviews. ``Saudi Arabia has long been considered the primary source of funding for al Qaeda.'' [The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 171] Intelligence Committee Chair Senator Bob Graham saw ``a direct line between at least some of the terrorists who carried out the September 11 attacks and the Government of Saudi Arabia.'' [Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say; New York Times; Feb. 29. 2012] But evaluating all of this evidence, the evidence of both sides, is why we have a judicial system in the first place. And for our government to obstruct the 9/11 victims--their families--from seeking the truth about Saudi Arabia and its involvement is just flat wrong. Some in our government have tried to hide as much as they could for as long as they could about the Saudis. Ignoring Saudi treachery, we had a President who literally held hands with the Crown Prince while attacking another country in the biggest foreign policy disaster in our Nation's history that continues to plague us.…
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Sep 9, 2016

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