(Rep. Peter) Hoekstra calls on broader effort to tackle extremism

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http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5434597&nav=0Rce

Hoekstra calls on broader effort to tackle extremism

WASHINGTON -- The House Intelligence Committee chairman said Wednesday that the United States must attack Islamic extremism with more than military might by focusing on social and economic work in countries that are cooperating in counterterror efforts.

"We need to recognize that this war cannot be won solely by being on offense in a military sense," said House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich. "We need a comprehensive strategy, as well, to engage them on a number of different fronts."

Hoekstra's remarks appeared to distance him from the Bush administration, which has put an emphasis on military action to quell violence in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Speaking at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, Hoekstra cited his trip earlier this year to Algeria, a relatively new U.S. counterterrorism partner. He said leaders there told him that they wanted to work with the United States on economic, medical, energy and other development issues beyond military and intelligence.

[villager]

1. I'm glad he's thinking about how best to go after Republicans...

n/t

[Parche]

2. house repubes

I saw a lot of them on Cspan last night, including a long 'comedy' skit by
Republican rep Tom Price R-GA, who sounded like chicken little "The terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming" that is all these people talk about, terror, terror terror, nothing
else, its like they have no backbone and are scared crapless.

[GeorgeGist]

3. Seems to me like they're already working on economic, medical, energy

and other developmental issues and making one hell of mess of it.

[Supersedeas]

4. Shop more broadly - Expand Karen Hughes