Senator McCain, what issues confront the government today?
– Things are tough in Iraq. We have a situation in Afghanistan that is more challenging than it has ever been. And, of course, the recent conflict in Lebanon is a concern to all of us. On the issue of Iraq, I believe that the President is correct. If we fail in Iraq, there will be serious consequences. We made mistakes in conducting the war. But I believe that if we dont prevail in Iraq, we will spread the instability throughout the entire region. In the last several months, Congressional discussions have been interrupted by campaigns before the elections. We have not passed a number of our appropriations bills, which we needed to get done. – Senator, do you believe that the United States is overall safer that it was five years ago? – I believe that the country is safer. I do not think that we are entirely safe. In fact, when I left the Capitol this morning, we looked at a port security bill that would increase safety measures in our ports. But the fact that we have not had a single at
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