Former Cabinet Secretaries, senior government officials, diplomats,
military servicemembers, and intelligence community professionals who
have served in the Bush administration and the Obama administration
together have expressed their deep concern this week with President
Trump's Executive order. In a letter, they warned:
This Order not only jeopardizes tens of thousands of lives,
it has caused a crisis right here in America and will do
long-term damage to our national security. In the middle of the night, just as we were beginning our
nation's commemoration of the Holocaust, dozens of refugees
onboard flights to the United States and thousands of
visitors were swept up in an Order of unprecedented scope,
apparently with little to no oversight or input from national
security professionals. Also this week, the Iraqi Parliament, in direct response to President
Trump's Muslim travel ban, voted to implement an identical visa ban on
Americans. How can we possibly think this is in our national security interests? Rex Tillerson has not answered questions about President Trump's
Muslim travel ban.
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