'If unchecked,' Hagel tells committee, ISIS will 'directly threaten' U.S., allies
Source: OMAHA WORLD HERALD
By Joseph Morton
WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday laid out the Obama administrations plans for dealing with Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Hagel testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the threat is real to all nations in that region and to Western countries.
He pointed specifically to the thousands of foreign fighters including Europeans and more than 100 Americans that have traveled to Syria. Although the intelligence community has not detected specific plots, leaders of the group known as ISIL or ISIS have threatened America, he said.
If left unchecked, ISIL will directly threaten our homeland and our allies, Hagel testified.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)He and Lugar made that committee one of the sanest in the awful 109th Congress.
warrant46
(2,205 posts)To feed at the Public Trough one more time
Autumn
(45,120 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)the ground?
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)Who organized the logistics? Who armed them, trained them and paid their wages?
We need more information to make the right decision.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)intervention for the hell of it.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)We the People, or the Military-Industrial Complex?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Maedhros
(10,007 posts)The words change a bit, but the rank bullshit behind them remains the same.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Really?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)This is the new boogie man.
I will stay out of tall buildings.
Alkene
(752 posts)His hair was perfect.