7/21/2019 Statement By John Hay Initiative Co-Founder Brian Hook On Hillary Clinton Counter-Terrorism Speech Today

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STATEMENT BY JOHN HAY INITIATIVE CO-FOUNDER BRIAN

HOOK ON HILLARY CLINTON COUNTER-TERRORISM SPEECH

TODAY 

 ARLINGTON, VA – AR2 today released the following statement by John HayInitiative co-founder and former Assistant Secretary of State Brian Hoo on Hillary!linton"s s#eech on counter-terrorism today in $innea#olis% $innesota&

'Secretary !linton(s s#eech today contained very little about her tenure at the State)e#artment because she showed consistently #oor *udgment addressing threats to our

nation(s security+

',o review& In 2.% Secretary !linton s#earheaded the /bama Administration"soutreach to Syrian dictator Bashar Assad% touting it as a (fruitful engagement+( Sheendorsed 0resident /bama"s decision to sacrifice his red line against the use of chemical wea#ons% calling it an (im#ortant ste#+( She mis*udged the threat #osed by ISIS whileothers were sounding the alarm+ She led a strategy of a##easement with ,ehran and the1remlin while our allies in the $iddle ast o#enly 3uestioned our reliability+

'Jihadists have far more recruits% wea#ons% and territory today than they did at the startof her tenure as Secretary of State+ ,his is the #rice of Secretary !linton(s failed

leadershi#% which our nation cannot afford at this dangerous time in the world+4

 Brian Hook served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Special Assistant to the President for Policy, and Consel in the Office of !egal Policy at the "stice #epartment. $e is the fonder of !atitde, an international conslting firm based in %ashington, and previosly practiced corporate la& at $ogan ' $artson in %ashington.

The John Hay Initiative is a volnteer net&or( of over )*+ foreign policy, defense,and intelligence eperts &ho advise elected officials and candidates for pblic office.

 America Rising Sqare! "AR#$ is an isses-based *+/c0/10 organizationdedicated to promoting conservative isses throgh ctting-edge research andshaping the pblic policy debate across the contry.

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