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| https://www.sasse.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=06683457-801C-4970-AAEC-F75A0EB58C8B | Sasse: Washington Ignores 'We Are at War' | 2015-12-09 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | NE | Ben Sasse | S001197 | www.sasse.senate.gov | legacy | by Daniel Halper,The Weekly Standard Senator Ben Sasse, a Republican from Nebraska, went to the Senate floor yesterday evening to explain that the U.S. is engaged in a war with radical Islam. "We are at war," Sasse said. "Washington ignores what it cannot escape." The fact that Washington ignores the war means a presidential candidate who focuses on it can do well, Sasse suggested. "[B]efore another person in this body or in the national media stands up to scold the American people about how they could possibly entertain voting for candidate x or y, perhaps we should look in the mirror at why so many of our people are running to demagoguing leaders. Read the full article atThe Weekly Standardhere. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |