Saturday, 20 February 2016

Q&A: McCain wants more troops in Syria, settle U.S. cybersecurity battle

Republican Sen. John McCain spoke with Cronkite News Friday about key issues facing the nation, from the choices to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to the challenges of national security.

The interview, which followed an hourlong discussion and questions from students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been edited for length and clarity.

Blake Benard: You’ve been focused on what is happening in Syria for a long time. With the escalating problems, what solutions do you see to helping put an end to the Syrian conflict?

McCain: The solution to start with is a no-fly zone, a safe zone where the refugees can be rather than having to flee and inundate Europe and even come to the United States. The second thing we need to do is take out ISIS. That means go to Raqqa, where their base is. And a multi-national military composed primarily of Sunni-Arab countries. Unites States contributing 10,000 of the 100,000 that would be required. And finally we have to get rid of Bashar Al-Assad because he’s the one that caused For the full article click here 



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