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How Safe is America Today from Terrorist Attacks?

Date: Sept. 13, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security


HOW SAFE IS AMERICA TODAY FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS? -- (House of Representatives - September 13, 2006)

(Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. How safe is America today from terrorist attacks? Here are some of the results from Foreign Policy magazine's recently published ``Terrorism Index,'' a survey of over 100 top national security experts from across the political spectrum, with the results weighted to ensure balance between conservatives and liberals.

Among the key findings are, one, 84 percent of the experts said we are losing the war on terror. Eighty-six percent said that the world is becoming more dangerous for the United States and the American people. Ninety-three percent said the war in Afghanistan had a positive impact on the war on terror, but 87 percent said the war in Iraq had a negative impact on the war on terror.

It is clear to the American people now that this country is moving in the wrong direction, the wrong direction in the war in Iraq; and it is time for a new direction. The Democrats offer a new direction for America.

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