[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18038-18039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HOW SAFE IS AMERICA TODAY FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS?

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. How safe is America today from terrorist attacks? 
Here are some of the results from Foreign Policy magazine's recently 
published ``Terrorism Index,'' a survey of over 100 top national 
security experts from across the political spectrum, with the results 
weighted to ensure balance between conservatives and liberals.
  Among the key findings are, one, 84 percent of the experts said we 
are losing the war on terror. Eighty-six percent said that the world is 
becoming more dangerous for the United States

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and the American people. Ninety-three percent said the war in 
Afghanistan had a positive impact on the war on terror, but 87 percent 
said the war in Iraq had a negative impact on the war on terror.
  It is clear to the American people now that this country is moving in 
the wrong direction, the wrong direction in the war in Iraq; and it is 
time for a new direction. The Democrats offer a new direction for 
America.

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