And tolerant societies that welcome the contributions of all people including the people of faith. The resolution we submitted today does not call for the deployment of Ground Combat forces to iraq or syria. It is not the authorization of another ground war like afghanistan or iraq. The 2600 american troops in iraq today largely serve on bases. And yes they face the risks that come with service in any dangerous environment but they do not have a combat mission. They are focused on training iraqi forces including Kurdish Forces. As ive said before, i am convinced the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the middle east. That is not in our National Security interests and it is not necessary for us to defeat isil. Local forces on the ground who know their countries best are best positioned to take the ground fight to isil and that is what they are doing. At the same time this resolution strikes the Necessary Balance by giving us the flexibility we
Are falling apart. There are a lot of opinions about what direction to go. There have been no decisions about what exactly we will do. The republicans want to in the house of representatives want to sabotage the effort in the senate. Its a plan to advance in the extreme possession of legislation, and it is nothing more than aattack on by par tan ship. Oh my. Congressional leaders have done a lot of talking was to no avail, and we are now only one day away from default. She is on capitol hill for us, what are we waiting for at this point . Remember yesterday when things looks good and optimistic, that is not the case right now. We are watching to see what the House Republicans are really cooking. They met behind closed doors this morning and when they came out we learned that they have their own version of the plan, they are not satisfied with what the senate has been working on, and so House Republicans are taking their own initiative, and it really pulled the rug out from under the se