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  • WE LEARNED A LESSON IN VIETNAM. WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN --

  • WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN -- >> I WANT TO PICK UP ON THIS

  • >> I WANT TO PICK UP ON THIS POINT AND I WANT TO PUT THIS TO

  • POINT AND I WANT TO PUT THIS TO CONGRESSMAN RYAN.

  • CONGRESSMAN RYAN. TODAY THE TALIBAN CLAIMED

  • TODAY THE TALIBAN CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING TWO

  • RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING TWO AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS IN

  • AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS IN AFGHANISTAN.

  • AFGHANISTAN. LEADERS AS DISPARATE AS

  • LEADERS AS DISPARATE AS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT

  • PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE BOTH SAID THEY WANT

  • TRUMP HAVE BOTH SAID THEY WANT TO END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN

  • TO END U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT IT ISNT OVER

  • AFGHANISTAN, BUT IT ISNT OVER FOR AMERICA.

  • FOR AMERICA. WHY ISNT IT OVER?

  • WHY ISNT IT OVER? WHY CANT PRESIDENTS OF VERY

  • WHY CANT PRESIDENTS OF VERY DIFFERENT PARTIES AND VERY

  • DIFFERENT PARTIES AND VERY DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS GET US

  • DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS GET US OUT OF THERE, AND HOW COULD YOU?

  • OUT OF THERE, AND HOW COULD YOU? >> I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

  • >> I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. SO IVE BEEN IN CONGRESS 17

  • SO IVE BEEN IN CONGRESS 17

  • YEARS, AND 12 OF THOSE YEARS I SAT ON THE ARMED SERVICESARS I

  • SAT ON THE ARMED SERVICES

  • COMMITTEE.

  • COMMITTEE.

  • THE DEFENSE, THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, OR THE ARMED SERVICES

  • COMMITTEE, OR THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.

  • COMMITTEE. AND THE LESSON THAT IVE LEARNED

  • AND THE LESSON THAT IVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT YOU HAVE

  • OVER THE YEARS IS THAT YOU HAVE

  • TO STAY ENGAGED IN THESE

  • TO STAY ENGAGED IN THESE

  • SITUATIONS.

  • SITUATIONS.

  • NOBODY LIKES IT.

  • NOBODY LIKES IT.

  • ITS LONG.

  • ITS LONG.

  • ITS TEDIOUS. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, SO I

  • BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, SO I WOULD SAY, WE MUST BE ENGAGED IN

  • WOULD SAY, WE MUST BE ENGAGED IN THIS.

  • THIS.

  • WE MUST HAVE OUR STATE DEPARTMENT ENGAGED.ATE

  • DEPARTMENT ENGAGED. WE MUST HAVE OUR MILITARY

  • WE MUST HAVE OUR MILITARY

  • ENGAGED TO THE EXTENT THEY NEED

  • ENGAGED TO THE EXTENT THEY NEED

  • TO BE.

  • TO BE.

  • BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, THIS

  • BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, THIS

  • PRESIDENT DOESNT EVEN HAVE

  • PRESIDENT DOESNT EVEN HAVE

  • PEOPLE APPOINTED IN THE STATE

  • PEOPLE APPOINTED IN THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT TO DEAL WITH THESE

  • DEPARTMENT TO DEAL WITH THESE

  • THINGS.

  • THINGS.

  • WHETHER WERE TALKING ABOUT

  • WHETHER WERE TALKING ABOUT

  • CENTRAL AMERICA, WHETHER WERE TALKING ABOUT IRAN, WHETHERRE

  • TALKING ABOUT IRAN, WHETHER WERE TALKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN.

  • WERE TALKING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN. WEVE GOT IFTO BE COMPLETELY

  • WEVE GOT IFTO BE COMPLETELY

  • ENGAGED.

  • ENGAGED.

  • HERES WHY.

  • HERES WHY.

  • BECAUSE THESE FLARE-UPS DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE

  • US FROM THE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTRY.

  • COUNTRY.

  • IF WERE -- IF GETTING DRONES

  • IF WERE -- IF GETTING DRONES

  • SHOT DOWN FOR $130 MILLION

  • SHOT DOWN FOR $130 MILLION

  • BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS

  • BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS

  • DISTRACTED, THATS $130 MILLION

  • DISTRACTED, THATS $130 MILLION

  • THAT WE COULD BE SPENDING IN PLACES LIKE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, OR

  • PLACES LIKE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, OR FLINT, MICHIGAN, OR --

  • FLINT, MICHIGAN, OR --

  • >> CONGRESSMAN RYAN -- >> OR REBUILDING -- --

  • >> OR REBUILDING -- >> IM GOING IT GIVETO GIVE YOU

  • >> IM GOING IT GIVETO GIVE YOU SECONDS TO --

  • SECONDS TO -- >> IS THAT WHAT YOU WILL TELL

  • >> IS THAT WHAT YOU WILL TELL

  • THE PARENTS OF THOSE WHO

  • THE PARENTS OF THOSE WHO

  • SOLDIERS WHO WERE JUST KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN? WERE JUST KILLED IN

  • AFGHANISTAN?

  • WELL, WE JUST HAVE TO BE ENGAGED. JUST HAVE TO BE

  • ENGAGED. AS A SOLDIER, I WILL TELL YOU,

  • AS A SOLDIER, I WILL TELL YOU, THAT ANSWER IS UNACCEPTABLE.

  • THAT ANSWER IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME

  • WE HAVE TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME

  • FROM AFGHANISTAN.

  • FROM AFGHANISTAN.

  • WE ARE IN A PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE WE HAVE LOST SO MANYNISTAN

  • WHERE WE HAVE LOST SO MANY

  • LIVES.

  • LIVES.

  • WEVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY.

  • WEVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY.

  • MONEY THATS COMING OUT OF EVERY

  • MONEY THATS COMING OUT OF EVERY

  • ONE OF OUR POCKETS.

  • ONE OF OUR POCKETS.

  • MONEY THAT SHOULD BE GOING INTO

  • MONEY THAT SHOULD BE GOING INTO

  • COMMUNITIES HERE AT HOME.

  • COMMUNITIES HERE AT HOME.

  • MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE

  • MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE

  • HERE AT HOME.

  • HERE AT HOME.

  • WE ARE NO BETTER OFF IN AFGHANISTAN TODAY THAN WE WERE

  • AFGHANISTAN TODAY THAN WE WERE WHEN THIS WAR BEGAN.

  • WHEN THIS WAR BEGAN.

  • THIS IS WHY ITS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PRESIDENT, COMMANDER INO

  • HAVE A PRESIDENT, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, WHO KNOWS THE COST OF THE

  • CHIEF, WHO KNOWS THE COST OF THE

  • WAR AND WHOS READY TO DO THE

  • WAR AND WHOS READY TO DO THE

  • JOB ON DAY ONE.

  • JOB ON DAY ONE.

  • I AM READY TO DO THAT JOB WHEN I WALK INTO THE OVAL OFFICE.WHEN I

  • WALK INTO THE OVAL OFFICE.

  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

  • >> IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE

  • >> IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE

  • LINE.

  • LINE.

  • IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE --

  • IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE --

  • IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE

  • IM GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE

  • HERE.

  • HERE.

  • YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU FELT LIKE SHE

  • YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU FELT LIKE SHE

  • WAS RESPONDING TO YOU.

  • WAS RESPONDING TO YOU.

  • YOU GET 30 SECONDS.

  • YOU GET 30 SECONDS.

  • >> VERY GOOD MAN.

  • >> VERY GOOD MAN.

  • >> FAIR ENOUGH.

  • >> FAIR ENOUGH.

  • >> APPRECIATE THAT.

  • >> APPRECIATE THAT.

  • >> I HEAR WHAT YOURE SAYING.

  • >> I HEAR WHAT YOURE SAYING.

  • >> I WOULD JUST SAY -- I DONT

  • >> I WOULD JUST SAY -- I DONT

  • WANT TO BE ENGAGED.

  • WANT TO BE ENGAGED.

  • I WISH WE WERE SPENDING ALL THIS

  • I WISH WE WERE SPENDING ALL THIS

  • MONEY IN PLACES THAT I

  • MONEY IN PLACES THAT I

  • REPRESENTED THAT HAVE BEEN

  • REPRESENTED THAT HAVE BEEN

  • COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN AND WE WERE

  • COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN AND WE WERE

  • REBUILDING.

  • REBUILDING.

  • BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS THAT

  • BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS THAT

  • THE UNITED STATES DOESNT

  • THE UNITED STATES DOESNT

  • ENGAGE, THE TALIBAN WILL GROW. AND THEY WILL HAVE BIGGER,ROW.

  • AND THEY WILL HAVE BIGGER, BOLDER, TERRORIST ACTS.

  • BOLDER, TERRORIST ACTS.

  • WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE THERE --VE SOME

  • PRESENCE THERE -- >> THE TALIBAN WAS THERE LONG

  • >> THE TALIBAN WAS THERE LONG BEFORE WE CAME IN.

  • BEFORE WE CAME IN.

  • THEYLL BE THERE LONG BEFORE WE LEAVE. BE THERE LONG BEFORE WE

  • LEAVE. >> WELL -- THEY WERE.

  • >> WELL -- THEY WERE. >> WE CANT KEEP U.S. PEOPLE

  • >> WE CANT KEEP U.S. PEOPLE

  • GOING TO AFGHANISTAN THINKING WERE GOING TO SOMEHOW SQUASHG

  • WERE GOING TO SOMEHOW SQUASH THIS TALIBAN.

  • THIS TALIBAN.

  • >> I DIDNT SAY --

  • >> I DIDNT SAY --

  • >> THATS BEEN THERE --

  • >> THATS BEEN THERE --

  • >> I DIDNT SAY SQUASH THEM. I DIDNT SAY SQUASH THEM.EM.

  • I DIDNT SAY SQUASH THEM. WHEN WE WERENT IN THERE, THEY

  • WHEN WE WERENT IN THERE, THEY

  • STARTED FLYING PLANES INTO OUR

  • STARTED FLYING PLANES INTO OUR

  • BUILDINGS.

  • BUILDINGS.

  • IM JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW -- >> TALIBAN DIDNT ATTACK US ON

  • >> TALIBAN DIDNT ATTACK US ON 9/11, AL QAEDA DID.

  • 9/11, AL QAEDA DID. >> I UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND.

  • >> I UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND. >> AL QAEDA ATTACKED US ON 9/11,

  • >> AL QAEDA ATTACKED US ON 9/11, WHY I AND SO MANY PEOPLE JOINED

  • WHY I AND SO MANY PEOPLE JOINED

  • THE MILITARY TO GO AFTER AL

  • THE MILITARY TO GO AFTER AL

  • QAEDA, NOT THE TALIBAN.

  • QAEDA, NOT THE TALIBAN.

  • >> THE TALIBAN WAS PROTECTING

  • >> THE TALIBAN WAS PROTECTING

  • THOSE PEOPLE PLOTTING AGAINST

  • THOSE PEOPLE PLOTTING AGAINST

  • US.

  • US.

  • ALL IM SAYING IF WE WANT TO GO

  • ALL IM SAYING IF WE WANT TO GO

  • INTO ELECTIONS AND SAY WE GOT TO

  • INTO ELECTIONS AND SAY WE GOT TO

  • WITHDRAW FROM THE WORLD, THATS

  • WITHDRAW FROM THE WORLD, THATS

  • WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING.

WE LEARNED A LESSON IN VIETNAM. WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN --

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