132 Quotes by Michael McCaul


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    I think there is a failure in foreign policy. And you have to acknowledge that under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was the architect of that foreign policy. Whether it was malevolent or not, I don't know.

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    A Trump administration will take on this fight and send a clear message to the Islamist terrorists: you may have fired the first shot, but rest assured, America will fire the last.

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    Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the largest external operation force within al Qaeda.

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    We are ramping up security in the United States but also looking at visa applicants, visa waiver applicants - and looking at travel manifests on the airplanes trying to come into the United States.

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    We know there are terrorists communicating with individuals in the United States. We just can't see what they're saying.

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    What is our capability when someone posts a public social media posting that says that they're going to conduct attacks on the United States on behalf of the Islamic State. Why can't we pick up that information and then stop that act of terror?

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    Social media campaigns and the savviness of ISIS and propaganda is what greatly concerns us Homeland Security officials.

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    In the radical Islamist jihad world, you're seeing more and more recruits going to ISIS rather than al-Qaida.

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