come from public service i spent eight years on active duty the military for years as a committee counsel in

leaving the marine corps i studied law and found a fulfilling career as an author and journalist that can only

six and a half years on active duty as a jag officer he joined the south carolina air national guard and

Graham as member of the show a Senate arms services committee he also log six and a half years of service is active duty as a on

put boots on the ground in Yemen I have as I mentioned before there's domestic authority an international

mn I was a male for eight years and in that capacity I had the

delegated authority to the commanding officer is absolute and they're absolutely responsible for anything that goes on and

authority I hope the Congress is okay with and I'm okay with that %HESITATION does he have authority to put boots are ground in

my concern as a lawyer for over thirty years civilian and military I strongly support

only thing that will prevent Assad from using chemical weapons in the future as for the Syrian people to remove him from power strike

that the people can a the military in case of an invasion but secondly and more importantly

than tearing the fabric of this nation apart as one who spent four years in the Reagan administration and then served in the Senate as

i spent six years as a member of the united states senate each time i serve not with the expectation of making government a career but

and author of the full Senate term before us were in his presence that includes my service on the intelligence committee and on the foreign relations committee so I because

years as a committee counsel in the Congress working to help prevent five years in the Pentagon one is a marine and for as

opponent in this race is a good and decent man and he is owed respect or as many years in public service but