01/29/2013
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"I believe, however, like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that the President should seek congressional authorization for his expanded campaign to degrade and destroy ISIS."
"The President should, in my opinion, do everything he possibly can to protect Americans and to protect U.S. facilities in Iraq and Syria from ISIS."
"I believe that the threat of these fighters returning from the battlefield to carry out attacks... are an issue that we must be addressing now."
"We do not have enough amphibious ships but given today's fiscal environment and budget uncertainty, the current plan provides the best balance of assets in this period of limited resources and diminis..."