Gabbard Criticizes Obama Response to Islamic Extremists
Hawaii congresswoman made remarks on ABC Sunday, says mission is “lost.”
Here’s summarizing U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on a ABC News program yesterday.
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a veteran of the who also serves as聽 vice chairwoman, said Sunday that she and other veterans joined the military after to take on Islamic extremists who attacked the United States.
Under the Obama administration, she said, that mission is now 鈥渓ost.鈥
In an interview with 鈥檚 Martha Raddatz Sunday, Gabbard criticized 鈥檚 response to the threat posed by the Islamic State, recalling how a official said last week that U.S. airstrikes 鈥渁re not an authorization of a broad-based counter-terrorism campaign鈥 against the extremists.
鈥淪o if our mission is not to take out the Islamic extremists who continue to threaten and wage war against us, then I think we’ve got a real problem here,” she said.
The administration, she said, should be doing more to stop the Islamic State in Iraq such as arming the . …
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in Puna urging federal, state and county agencies to expedite storm relief efforts.
