http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=34997Hoekstra: Debate threat of radical, militant Islam
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Hoekstra has sent out what he calls a “Dear Colleague” letter explaining his opposition to the resolution, has spent about six hours the past two days listening to floor debate on the resolution, and gave a floor speech explaining his position. That floor speech was the topic of a column by a writer on the Wall Street Journal op-ed page today, he said.
Because he has become a more senior member of the House and is the ranking Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee, Hoekstra said colleagues ask him his opinion.
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He believes his colleagues are missing the real debate — something he also has said the administration has missed.
“It doesn’t identify the target. It doesn’t identify that we are in a war with radical, militant Islam,” he said. “Iraq is just one part of that war. The resolution doesn’t acknowledge that.”
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“I’m not crazy about the president’s plan, but what is your alternative? It doesn’t put anybody on record with what the alternative is,” he said.