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Mike McCaul

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Michael Thomas McCaul is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he has been active in various legislative efforts, particularly focusing on national security and foreign policy. McCaul has played a significant role in discussions surrounding U.S. relations with countries like Ukraine and Russia, often emphasizing the importance of NATO and the need for a strong response to aggression.

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Sep 25, 2018

Traffickers are targeting our schools, and preying on our kids through social media and apps on their phones.

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Sep 25, 2018

Human trafficking is a despicable multi-billion-dollar industry. It enslaves an estimated 25 million people world-wide.

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Sep 12, 2018

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps--the IRGC--is a terror organization, a terror arm of Iran.

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Sep 12, 2018

When I was a young Federal prosecutor at Justice, I prosecuted Johnny Chung, who led us to the director of Chinese intelligence putting money into the Clinton campaign.

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Sep 12, 2018

I thank the administration for moving the Embassy in Israel to the capital of Jerusalem.

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Sep 12, 2018

I believe that the President was correct in withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal.

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Sep 12, 2018

I support--Ambassador Bolton, a few days back, was talking about sanctions as it relates to the ICC.

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Sep 12, 2018

I think in our work with Iran leveraging our sanctions and our interactions with them to return Bob Levinson back to Congressman Deutch's district.

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Jul 10, 2018

Nation-state hacking is real and dangerous.

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Jul 10, 2018

I have stated repeatedly, and long before the last election, that foreign interference in our democracy cannot be tolerated.

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Jul 10, 2018

Our democratic system and critical infrastructure are under attack.

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Jun 27, 2018

We need to seriously reassess our Embassies' security.

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Jun 13, 2018

I remember reading bin Laden's writings. He projected exactly what their intentions were, and the Chinese--I agree with you--are now the bigger threat.

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Jun 13, 2018

We have to defend Taiwan, which is a Confucius culture and a democracy, and China is very much aware of that.

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Jun 13, 2018

We have to not give up on the possibility for democratic change in China and keep findings ways to support them.

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Jun 13, 2018

I think you mentioned Reagan's speech at Westminster in 1982 where he said the march of freedom and democracy would leave Marxism and Leninism on the ash heap of history.

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Jun 6, 2018

This isn't about national security.

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May 22, 2018

I would hope that we would, as a nation, focus on helping those three nations move to the West instead of being tempted to go back to Russia.

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May 22, 2018

I applaud the efforts to move forward with more leverage on Iran by lifting the sanctions in a 90- to 180-day time frame.

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May 22, 2018

We can defeat the mullah regime without having a military operation by helping these people who believe in freedom.

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May 22, 2018

The Iranian mullah regime--that's the enemy. The people of Iran are our friends.

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May 22, 2018

This is ridiculous. I hope that would get your attention.

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May 22, 2018

General Dostum is the guy who can defeat the Taliban. He's done it before, and we need to stick by him.

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May 22, 2018

I don't see any reason whatsoever to give the Government of Pakistan any money in terms of our foreign aid.

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May 22, 2018

We shouldn't be treating enemies like friends. We should be treating enemies like enemies and friends like friends.

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