[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CHRISTMAS DAY BOMBER IS A TERRORIST, NOT A STUDENT

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in a recent interview with ABC World 
News, President Obama referred to the Christmas Day bomber as a 
Nigerian student. But he is not just a student. He's a terrorist, a 
would-be mass murderer who almost killed 288 innocent civilians.
  The administration is so concerned about being politically correct 
that they water down the truth about the terrorist threat facing 
Americans. Last year, the Obama administration instructed officials to 
replace the term ``global war on terror'' with ``overseas contingency 
operation.'' Around the same time, Homeland Security Secretary 
Napolitano started referring to ``terrorist attacks'' as ``man-made 
disasters.'' The administration also abandoned the use of ``enemy 
combatants'' when referring to terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay.
  It's time to stop watering down our words and start calling 
terrorists what they are, terrorists.

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