US senators have no excuse for their Niger ignorance
by Tom Rogan | Oct 23, 2017, 2:14 PM
U.S. senators should have known that American military forces were deployed in Niger.
Yet many did not.
Speaking on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stated, "I didn't know there was a thousand troops in Niger. John McCain is right to tell the military because this is an endless war without boundaries, no limitation on time or geography, you gotta tell us more. And he's right to say that."
Sorry, but I'm not buying it.
First off, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Graham is a senior member of that committee. That committee assignment means that had these senators wanted more information about what the military was doing in Niger, they could have demanded it. Indeed, one of McCain's greatest strengths as a legislator is his ability to corral the executive branch on matters he is concerned about.
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