Issue Position: National Security

Issue Position

When America is strong and resolute, the world is a safer place. Eight years of President Obama's rudderless foreign policy of leading from behind has made the world a more dangerous place. The enemies of civilization are emboldened and many of our allies no longer trust us.

We must be honest about the threats we face. America is at war with radical Islamic terrorists. We are threatened by ISIS. The large majority of the world's Muslims are not radical. We cannot ignore the motivations of those who seek to destroy us.

While the President drives foreign policy, Congress has Constitution responsibilities that must not be abdicated.

First and foremost, we must ensure our troops get the support and funding they need to keep us safe and defend freedom. Our military has been stretched too thin. We owe it to our men and women in uniform to ensure the U.S. has the greatest military in the world.

Congress and the President should fulfill their Constitutional obligation to vote on an Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq and Syria against ISIS. We must have a coherent foreign policy and an authorization would affirm to the men and women who are already in harm's way that we are all fully behind them.

The President did not make the world a safer place with his deal with Iran. It asks us to trust Iran and we should not. Iran is getting more than $100 billion that Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted will be used in part to fund terrorism.

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