[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H27]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IF TODAY WERE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S LAST NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFING

  (Mr. TROTT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TROTT. Mr. Speaker, over the holidays, I had the opportunity to 
read ``Killing Reagan,'' another interesting book by Bill O'Reilly. In 
the book, he talks about the President's last warning. He had cleaned 
out the Oval Office, and he left a note in the desk for his successor. 
Then Colin Powell came in to deliver his last national security 
briefing. He simply said to the President: All is quiet in the world 
today.
  Can you imagine if today were President Obama's last national 
security briefing? The gentleman or gentlewoman would say: Sir, we have 
a lot of problems in China, in North Korea, in Ukraine, in Yemen, in 
Syria, in Iraq, in Iran, in Afghanistan, in Saudi Arabia, and in North 
Korea. The Taliban is on the rise. ISIS is not contained. Israel is 
still mad at us. There has been recent terror activity in Munich, 
Paris, and Belgium. Sir, because of your leadership, all is quiet today 
in Greenland.

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