I would much rather see a flawed Iraqi state in which we could then work a political solution than to see ISIS in a capitulated Iraqi state.
this administration bears some responsibility for that.
I have been there when they were put in body bags, and I am appalled at the fact that we did so little in the SOFA agree...
We spent a lot of blood and treasure, and to leave it like it is now is very, very concerning for those of us who were t...
I think it is disingenuous for us to lay what is happening in Iraq as a failure here in America or as a failure of any p...
I think it is this idea that the administration simply is paralyzed and doesn't know what to do.
the unraveling and the chaos and the tumultuous situation that we see in Iraq now was predicted by so many people.
We had a legal requirement that SOFA would have to go through the entire Iraqi Parliament...
I understand that this request went all the way up in the administration and was turned down, and I am trying to get to ...
Many, including myself and Ranking Member Engel, urged him to form an inclusive government.
I added my voice for drone strikes as ISIS convoys raced across those deserts from city to city.