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" Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue. "

" Both Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama pursued policies of regime change after 9/11 - with Bush removing al-Qaida's safe haven in Afghanistan and the sadistic anti-American dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq - but Obama took it a step further and disregarded regional stability as a guiding factor for U.S. policy. "

" Consumer accountability drives quality and efficiency. "

" Europe and the United States are better off extending a helping hand to those who know best rather than dictating to them an unfamiliar future. "

" Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy. "

" Hard work, years of sacrifice, and dedication are necessary to succeed in the real world. Snowden's most notable accomplishment was lying about his military service, his experience, and education to procure a job with the NSA in the first place. "

" Illicit weapons have always been available to those who can afford them, but they have not generally been the latest state-of-the-art equipment, which requires experience and expertise to use. "

" I'm not OK with clergy, students, and those of different opinions lying and expressing hateful speech in the name of love, but again, it is their constitutional right. I'm not OK with their conduct, but in America we tolerate it, as obnoxious and spiteful as it may be. "

" ISIS has stated that it intends to infiltrate the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the barbaric ISIS terrorists, using their families as cover. "

" Islamic fundamentalists in dark areas of Libya rifled through leftover stockpiles of conventional, chemical, and biological munitions from Muammar Gaddafi's rule. Who knows where they are now? "

" I think cleaning house at the CIA needed to happen. "

" I've got a lot of respect for Mike Hayden. "

" I will never forget standing with fellow members of Congress on the steps of the Capitol to sing 'God Bless America' on the night of 9/11. "

" Just as sports teams recognize the potentially game-changing benefit of calling time-outs, failing to do so in matters of warfare is a surefire way to continue losing. "

" Libya is a huge disaster. "

" Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead. "

" Sports are trivial compared to matters of war and peace, but some parallels apply. "

" The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world. "

" The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents. "

" The primary role of government is to provide for the safety and security of their populations. "

" The U.S. faces a very dangerous sprint by outlaws to gather the deadliest weapons and technology on the planet, something we always thought possible but hoped would never occur. "

" We can find common ground in agreeing that politics have no room in foreign policy. "

" We need to recognize the reality of the threat from radical Islam: that it will be an enduring conflict, that there are no easy decisions, and that mistakes have and will be made. "

" Western Europe has been redefining the nation state since 1945 when it formed the European Union following World War II. "

" While the primary focus continues to be on religious minorities - the Christian religious minorities and the Jewish community - ISIS will also go after people who interpret and believe the Muslim faith differently than they do. "

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