Issue Position: A More Secure Nation

Issue Position

Beyond the basic task of defending our borders and our homeland, it doesn't take a Nobel Peace Prize to recognize that preserving our security comes down to one simple maxim: stand up for our friends … stand up to our foes … and know the difference.

Understanding those tenets is especially important at a time of unprecedented flux and instability in the Middle East and the rise of powerful competitors including China and Russia.
Instead, we have a President who devalues the special relationship with our most trusted ally, Britain, even as he bows to kings, bends to dictators, bumbles with reset buttons, and babies radical Islamists. We have a President who tells our true friend, Israel, that it must surrender its right to defensible borders to appease forces that have never recognized that nation's right to exist.

We have a President who stumbles into Libya, without a clear mission or exit strategy, to protect its population, but can't or won't devise a strategy to secure our borders. We have a President who has taken his eye off the ball when it comes to the true threat in the Middle East: a potentially nuclear-armed Iran.

We have a President who -- in unprecedented fashion -- is ravaging our military strength and structure at a time of war, while elevating political correctness over readiness in its ranks. And we have a President who is declaring a premature end to the war on terror against the advice of his own generals.

I have the honor of being a Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where we deal with the country's classified secrets. I know the dangers we face, and I am working hard everyday to pass laws that keep us safe.

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