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Michael McCaul
American
Politician
Born:
Jan 14
,
1962
About
Internet
Our
People
Think
You
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Our adversaries no long fear us, and our enemies are plotting against us.
Michael McCaul
Fear
Enemies
Long
Our
Plotting
Adversaries
Against
Us
I think there is a failure in foreign policy. And you have to acknowledge that under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was the architect of that foreign policy. Whether it was malevolent or not, I don't know.
Michael McCaul
Failure
You
Think
Obama
Architect
Know
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
Policy
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Clinton
Malevolent
Acknowledge
Whether
Barack
Barack Obama
We know there are terrorists communicating with individuals in the United States. We just can't see what they're saying.
Michael McCaul
Saying
States
See
Individuals
Know
Terrorists
Just
Communicating
United
United States
What is our capability when someone posts a public social media posting that says that they're going to conduct attacks on the United States on behalf of the Islamic State. Why can't we pick up that information and then stop that act of terror?
Michael McCaul
Social Media
State
Our
States
Says
Posting
Posts
Someone
Attacks
Pick
Islamic
Terror
Up
Conduct
Behalf
Going
Stop
Information
Public
Social
Capability
Then
Act
Media
United
Why
United States
ISIS is the greatest threat.
Michael McCaul
Threat
Greatest
Greatest Threat
I think there's kind of a simplistic, kind of knee-jerk response that all you have to do is build a 2,000-mile wall, and problem solved.
Michael McCaul
You
Problem
Build
Think
Response
Kind
Solved
Simplistic
Wall
First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.
Michael McCaul
People
Job
First
Protect
Foremost
American
American People
We think there should be a better countering-violent-extremism effort, that there should be a lead agency tasked to handle that.
Michael McCaul
Better
Think
Lead
Handle
Effort
Agency
Should
When you project weakness throughout the world, and you have a failed foreign policy, this is what you get. And now we have chaos in the Middle East, have ISIS taking over Iraq, Syria, Northern Africa, Egypt.
Michael McCaul
You
World
Chaos
Project
Syria
East
Weakness
Throughout
Taking
Failed
Over
Policy
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Iraq
Get
Northern
Egypt
Africa
Middle
Middle East
Now
I'm very disturbed about the uptick in shootings and violence at our military installations across the nation.
Michael McCaul
Nation
Military
Our
Disturbed
About
Very
Across
Violence
We're seeing Iran now through the Shia militias in Iraq. We're seeing Iran in Syria; we know the Quds Force is in there.
Michael McCaul
Syria
Seeing
Through
Know
Force
Iran
Iraq
Now
I think Mrs. Clinton has a lot of weaknesses because she was the architect of the Obama administration's foreign policy.
Michael McCaul
Think
Obama
Weaknesses
Administration
Architect
She
Policy
Because
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Clinton
Lot
The sad fact is, because we've had a failed policy and failed leadership, now we're having to rely on Russians and the Iranians to go into Syria to fight and destroy ISIS.
Michael McCaul
Sad
Leadership
Fight
Syria
Destroy
Russians
Having
Rely
Fact
Had
Sad Fact
Failed
Policy
Because
Go
Iranians
Now
Anything I can do to help destroy ISIS, I will support that.
Michael McCaul
Will
Destroy
Support
Anything
Help
We didn't take the words of Vladimir Lenin seriously until Communism spread across the globe. And unfortunately, the president didn't take the words of groups like ISIS seriously until they established a sweeping self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate.
Michael McCaul
Communism
Words
Seriously
President
Take
Like
Until
Globe
Islamic
Spread
Established
Unfortunately
Lenin
Across
Sweeping
Groups
Now we have a generational threat struggle called Islamist extremism.
Michael McCaul
Struggle
Extremism
Threat
Generational
Now
I predict you're going to see more and more of this shifting of al Qaeda fighters going over to ISIS because they are the game in town.
Michael McCaul
You
Game
Shifting
Predict
See
More
More And More
Over
Town
Because
Going
Fighters
Al
Al-Qaeda
I don't think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. I think he was helped by others.
Michael McCaul
Day
Think
Others
One Day
Had
He
Himself
Woke
Up
Snowden
Wherewithal
Helped
We have entered a new phase in Islamist terror. Fifteen years after 9/11, our enemies have regained their momentum.
Michael McCaul
Enemies
Our
Entered
New
Terror
Years
Regained
After
Fifteen
Momentum
Phase
We do a very good job at fixing broken bodies but not such a great job at healing broken minds with our returning veterans.
Michael McCaul
Good
Great
Broken
Healing
Veterans
Good Job
Job
Our
Minds
Great Job
Returning
Very
Fixing
Bodies
I don't think we can afford to wait when it comes to cybersecurity. I think that every day we wait, if an attack occurs - and we're getting hit every day - but if a greater attack occurs, it's going to be on the head of Congress for not acting.
Michael McCaul
Day
Every Day
Wait
Congress
Every
Think
Attack
Head
Greater
Occurs
Hit
Afford
Getting
Going
Acting
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.
Michael McCaul
Strength
Change
Peace
Destruction
Path
Responsibility
Diplomacy
Take Advantage
Our
Must
Mutual
Pursue
Through
Take
Advantage
Also
Within
Continue
Iran
Option
Avert
Internal
Shrink
Resistance
I think drones are a good tool to go after high-valued targets.
Michael McCaul
Good
Think
Tool
Drones
Go
Targets
After
I know there's a lot of discussion about building a 2000-mile wall. I think we need to complete the Secure Fencing Act, but we need greater technology and aviation aspects down on the Southwest border so we can see the threat from the sky. Until you can see it, you don't know where it's coming from and how to correctly stop it.
Michael McCaul
You
Technology
Sky
Building
Down
Think
Complete
Correctly
Secure
Border
Threat
See
About
Know
Until
Greater
How
Coming
Fencing
Lot
Wall
Discussion
Southwest
Stop
Where
Act
Aspects
Aviation
Need
The President of Iran has called for the destruction of Israel and the West and has even denied the holocaust took place. Iran and its terrorist arm Hezbollah are responsible for the current conflicts between Israel and Lebanon.
Michael McCaul
Destruction
President
Took
Responsible
Between
Arm
Terrorist
Israel
Lebanon
West
Denied
Iran
Current
Conflicts
Place
Holocaust
Even
I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.
Michael McCaul
Become
Think
Other
Programs
Threat
Attack
Put
Since
Policies
Greater
Been
Hand
Lot
Place
Lesser
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