Yet key components of the Department of Homeland Security would be facing cuts under the Republican budget proposal. undermining efforts to disrupt the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq. Without the efforts of our diplomats prodding our foreign partners to pass laws or more effectively enforce the laws on their books. the efforts of the coalition to stem the flow of foreign fighters will never be successful. My colleague Senator MCCAIN pointed out the huge refugee crisis. Again. our first agency typically to respond to refugees is USAIDthe United States Agency for International Developmentand other State Department agencies. We will not be able to effectively deal with that issue if those budget caps are imposed on USAID and other agencies. Those refugee camps are one of the breeding grounds for the foreign fighters who flow back into the conflict zone. Unless we adopt a much broader approach. unless we do something other than simply plusup defense. we will not achieve true national security. Of course we have to protect the homeland.
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