Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee on Benghazi, issued the following statement on the ISIS's video execution of American journalist James Foley:
"Today, the American people have witnessed the full extent of ISIS's brutality in the organization's release of a video execution of an innocent American journalist. The United States must not cower to these terrorists' ruthless demands by remaining on the sidelines. Their continued march is a threat to America's national security. We must stop them before they destabilize other nations and export their terrorism to the West. I will continue to work with my colleagues on the Intelligence Committee to ensure we do all we can to deal with this growing threat."
Pompeo is a West Point graduate and former Army cavalry officer.