[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        STATE DEPARTMENT SHOULD GET ON MESSAGE WITH WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, this country is united in supporting the 
determination of President Bush to fight the terrorists across the 
world, to fight all those terrorist groups, as he said, with global 
reach. Apparently, however, the State Department has not gotten the 
message.
  What are we to make of the fact that the State Department incessantly 
criticizes Israel for attacking terrorists who have attacked civilians 
in Israel in exactly the way the United States is trying to apprehend 
and kill Osama bin Laden and his followers; and the State Department 
spokesman says, ah, it is different, because there is an agreement with 
Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians. When the Palestinians engage 
in terror and break their agreement not to use violence, apparently our 
position is that Israel should remain defenseless and do nothing to 
reply; either do nothing or face the condemnation of our State 
Department.
  The State Department should get on message with the President and the 
rest of the United States that is opposed to terror and thinks that 
people who are attacked by terrorists have the right to self-defense.

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