[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO CHANGE COURSE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, during the Presidents' Day 
break, I served on a delegation meeting with the leaders of 
Afghanistan, Jordan, and Iraq. Each was grateful for the support given 
in their fight against terrorists who seek mass murder of innocent 
civilians.
  Daesh, the Arab translation of ISIL, has spread as a cancer across 
the region and threatens to attack the American people. President 
Obama's failing policies are weakening defense, and he needs to change 
course, as he did with the 2009 Afghan surge.
  In Syria, the President's strategy has set the stage for Daesh to 
expand. In Iraq, his failure to achieve a status of forces agreement 
has led to instability. The attack on Libya has led to a failed state. 
The pitiful negotiations with Iran puts America at risk. His claimed 
success in Yemen has proven inaccurate.
  Radical Islamists have declared war on the West, intend to 
exterminate Jews, and seek to destroy modern democratic civilizations. 
The first mass slaughters have been of fellow Muslims at mosques, at 
soft targets, but safe havens anywhere are a threat to American 
families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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