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April 9, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð Extensions of Remarks E1 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS COMMITTED TO REAL PEACE IN And so, far from the foreign aid program people for a very long periods of time in very THE MIDDLE EAST REGION and American military programs somehow dangerous areas. It requires a deep commit- being burdened by our relationship with Is- ment to keep secrets in the United States so rael, I believe it is fair to say, as a congres- people don't get killed because they're risk- HON. NEWT GINGRICH sional leader, that without your hard work ing their lives to penetrate terrorist organi- OF GEORGIA and your grassroots effort and your edu- zations while people back here babble. It re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cation programs, the entire foreign aid pro- quires principles that say, ``If you're a ter- Wednesday, April 9, 1997 gram would dramatically decline. And it is rorist, you should not expect to live very indeed the aid to the rest of the world which long.'' It requires a commitment to preemp- Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, the United rides on the back of the work you do, and not tive strikes when we deem them appropriate, States has been, and will continue to be, com- the aid to Israel which in any way affects to avoid weapons of mass destruction. And it mitted to seeing real peace in the Middle East what we do around the world. requires a willingness to focus energy and re- region. All Americans need to look at the daily So what you're doing strengthens America sources on weak states, like Sudan, as a events in that region with as full an under- by educating members of Congress into the warning to stronger states not to mess with standing as possible of what is happening and importance of our international role and the forces of democracy and freedom. into the importance of leadership, and into Ronald Reagan understood the power of why. For that purpose, I enter into the CON- the principles that are at the heart of the strength to multiply itself, which is why, GRESSIONAL RECORD my comments yesterday survival of freedom. when the United States Navy shot down two to the American-Israeli Public Affairs Commit- And that's what I want to talk about Libyan aircraft, the United States's sense of tee. today, because we need a principled debate being insecure disappeared. And across the REMARKS BY HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT over honesty versus appeasement, over a planet, people began to back off and realized GINGRICH TO THE AMERICAN ISRAELI willingness to tell the truth versus a consist- we were determined. And we have to be pre- PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ent and deliberate slanting, over keeping pared to use our strength, not just talk your word versus breaking your word and about it. And we need to be prepared to say, Speaker GINGRICH. Thank you very, much then simply moving on with the new de- ``No state terrorism will go unpunished on for that remarkable welcome. Although I mand. And I think the debate is that simple. this planet, and we will take on those states must warn you that one of the dangers of There are military threats and intelligence that use terrorism as a tool.'' Washington is you sit here and you listen to threats, and I want to talk about them brief- Look, I take the military threat seriously. the kind of introduction that Bubba Mitchell ly. But I think there's a much deeper threat And most years, I would have come and fo- just gave me, is that as youÐas it builds, facing Israel today, and I want to spend more cused on that. But I really want to break you start to get excited and you get forward time on that topic. Let me talk first, some new ground here today intellectually to hearing from the person, and then you re- though, briefly about the military threat. and talk about something which, interest- alize it's yourself, and there's a sort of im- We have an absolute obligation to our ingly, I mentioned first at the Foreign Dip- mediate letdown. SoÐ(laughter). young men and women in uniform and to our One of the nice things about working with lomat School in Beijing a week ago, and allies around the world to provide the best Bubba is that you always end up looking bet- that's the concept of information warfare defense that science and engineering can de- ter than you remembered as he explains and information diplomacy as the necessary velop. And we must not allow lawyers and whatever the role was. But it isÐit's great to new tools of the 21st century. diplomats to cripple our missile defense by be here and to have a chance to be with you, Now, many of you have read or seen things and to be with Melvin. And I appreciate very setting phony standards based on a phony about information warfare, which all too much all the leadership, the team that has deal. This is exactly what happened in the often is defined by the military too narrowly come together here. We work very closely '20s and '30s in the Pacific when we signed in terms of computer systems and all that with Howard Core (sp). And as I think many agreements with the Japanese which they stuff. of you know, Arne Christenson, who is the violated while we kept them. It's exactly I originally began working on information speaker's chief of staff, has a long record. what happened in Europe where the Allies warfare in the early 1980s, based on the con- Where's Arne? He's down there. Let me also signed agreements which the Germans broke cept that with CNN in every living room on say that it's great to be backÐI look outÐI while the Allies kept them. And I don't want the planet in real time, you could lose the don't want to go through a long list of names to lose a city, I don't want to lose a single war on television, even if you won it on the and start forgetting people. Ed Levy, who soldier, sailor, airman or airwoman or Ma- battlefield. And the great challenge we face first came to me, I think in 1978, and helped rine because we relied on lawyers and dip- is that Arafat and the forces of terrorism are us because he saw a commercial on what was lomats when, in fact, our engineers and sci- in a coalition, engaged in an information then a brand new innovation called the entists could have gotten the job done. warfare campaign against Israel, a campaign Superstation, and said this is a guy we want I also think it is tremendously important in which the American news media is serving to support. Larry Weinberg, who's been a to look at the recent Helsinki agreement and as the witting or unwitting ally of Arafat. great friend, out in Los AngelesÐwe were understand how dangerous it is because we And if you want to see how successfulÐand with recently. don't live in a world where the most likely I think this is, frankly, the fault of the Is- I'm told that Harriet Zimmerman, who threat is Boris Yeltsin's government. Now, raeli government and the American govern- really has been, from an Atlanta standpoint, you don't have to suggest that diplomacy is ment for not recognizing with sufficient in- terribly important, had a back problem and an inadequate protector when you look at tellectual rigor the new nature of the world is not here. So I hope those of youÐI'm going how shaky that government is. in the information age. And I do not mean to try to give her a call, but I hope all of But forget Russia. Assume Russia didn't that as an attack on either President Clin- youÐI saw Herb Schwartzman was with us a exist. An agreement that says the Russians ton or Prime Minister Netanyahu, but I few minutes ago. And just so many friends won't threaten us is irrelevant if the largest mean it as an institutional criticism of all of from all over the country who have been part threat on the planet's from Iran. Now, I us. We are now in a world where our oppo- of the extended family. Many of you have don't want some legalese by a bunch of dip- nents plan long campaigns, campaigns that heard me say this before, but it bears repeat- lomats and lawyers, with Russians, prevent- are vicious, dishonest and that exploit our ing, particularly for the younger, newer ing us from providing over Tel Aviv or pro- vulnerabilities. We react to each incident. So members. AIPAC is extraordinarily vital to viding over an American air base, or provid- something happens which they've thought all of American foreign policy. You are theÐ ing over an American expeditionary force, through and moves the game a half-step You are the only institution I know of at the the finest technology that science and engi- their way, and we react only momentarily, grassroots level which in an effective, con- neering can develop. We can defeat Iranian then we forget. Then something happens and sistent manner supports the role of America missiles if we allow our scientists and engi- we react, and then something happens. And in the entire world, helps members get to neers to our job and if we work with the it's definition creep.