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| https://mcsally.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/us-rep-mcsally-we-need-leadership | U.S. Rep. McSally: We need leadership | 2015-12-14 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | AZ | Martha McSally | M001197 | mcsally.house.gov | legacy | TUCSON U.S. Representative Martha McSally today released the following statement after the Presidents address on ISIS at the Pentagon. People I speak with in Southern Arizona are rightfully concerned with the Administrations slow and reluctant approach to ISIS. We have been missing leadership with resolve, and still lack a bold, aggressive strategy to take out ISISs critical capabilities, put them on their heels, and keep Americans safe. ISIS declared a Caliphate 18 months ago, and last week before the House Armed Services Committee, the Secretary of Defense admitted that meetings with the State Department and Pentagon to coordinate efforts began only months ago. ISIS has been bringing in at least $1 million a day from black market oil sales to fund their global terrorist operations, yet we have just now started hitting their oil trucks a few weeks ago. Last week, I participated in a two hour classified discussion with Pentagon officials about the Command and Control and Rules of Engagement. Their responses only validated my concerns of a weak and ineffective military approach. I have been calling on the Administration to completely revamp its military strategy and hoped President Obama's visit to the Pentagon today was the start of something new. Unfortunately, we heard about the same failed tactics, just used more frequently, with the same detached tone from the president. Ill continue to work in Congress to call for a stronger approach and put forward solutions that will address our security vulnerabilities, but Congress cannot do it alone. We need presidential leadership, and were just not seeing it. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |