#national security

Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment. ↗

— Kit Bond

#against #battle #being #boots #called

I would say national security is work in progress. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#national #national security #progress #say #security

The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected. ↗

— John Culberson

#because #border #elected #emergency #know

Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change. ↗

— Peter Welch

#buildings #change #climate #climate change #contribution

I think we have to understand that when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it will lead to cultural suicide. We should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood or associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy. ↗

— Allen West

#associated #becomes #brotherhood #cultural #groups

Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#bill #could #counter-intelligence #countries #funding

Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger? ↗

— Sean Hannity

#give #his #imminent #life #national

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. ↗

— Eric Holder

#due #judicial #national #national security #particularly

I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#america #cannot #doing #energy #energy security

It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#approached #backwards #basic #failure #get