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Sullivan Statement on Continuing Resolution

Statement

Date: Sept. 18, 2014
Location: Anchorage, AK
Issues: Defense

Dan Sullivan, candidate for U.S. Senate, released the following statement today regarding legislation currently being debated in the United States Senate to fund federal government operations through December 11th and support a preliminary anti-ISIS measure to arm moderate Syrian rebels.

"I would support the CR because I believe that the ISIS threat to America and our citizens is real, and must be addressed. Moving forward, we need a serious strategy to ultimately destroy ISIS that encompasses all instruments of American power -- diplomatic, finance, military, and above all economic," Sullivan said. "The Obama Administration has yet to clearly lay out such a strategy and has consistently shown weakness overseas. Mark Begich has been enabling this weak approach by only focusing on what we shouldn't do and taking options off the table -- this encourages our enemies. Saying no to everything is not foreign policy. Inaction and signaling to our adversaries what we won't do has its own consequences."


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