[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 114 (Thursday, September 14, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AMERICA IS NOT SAFER ACCORDING TO BIPARTISAN PANEL OF FOREIGN POLICY 
                                EXPERTS

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, the President says America is safer today 
than it was before 9/11, but according to a new report recently 
released from Foreign Policy magazine at foreignpolicy.com, an 
overwhelming majority of America's foreign policy experts across the 
political spectrum believe we are less safe today.
  Eighty-four percent of those interviewed for the survey said we are 
losing the war on terror, and 86 percent said the world is becoming 
more dangerous for the U.S. and for the American people. Again, this is 
a study of the top 100 national security experts in our Nation, 
weighted for balance between conservatives and liberals.
  Leslie Gelb, the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign 
Relations, stated, ``Foreign-policy experts have never been in so much 
agreement about an administration's performance abroad. The reason is 
that it's clear to nearly all that President Bush and his team have had 
a totally unrealistic view of what they can accomplish with military 
force and threats of force.''
  In other words, our Nation not only needs a military strategy, but it 
also needs a diplomatic strategy. It is time for a new approach, a new 
direction that includes both.

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