Barack Obama's stunning assertion in a recent speech
that the U.S. needs a "civilian national security force"
that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar
Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force
is not included in published transcripts of his prepared remarks.
In the July 2 speech in Colorado Springs, Obama insisted
the U.S. "cannot continue to rely on our military
in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set."
Campaign officials have declined to return any of a series of WND telephone calls
over several days requesting comment.
. . .
".... And we'll also grow our Foreign Service,
open consulates that have been shuttered,
and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy."
But a YouTube video of the speech, at about the 16-minute mark,
shows Obama added the following lines:
"We cannot continue to rely on our military
in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set.
We've got to have a civilian national security force
that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
. . .
"Is Obama serious about creating some kind of domestic security force
bigger and more expensive than that?
If not, why did he say it? What did he mean?" Farah wrote.
He added that he wants the help of "every other journalist
who still thinks the American people have a right to know the specifics
about a presidential candidate's biggest and boldest initiatives
before the election."
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