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In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton says the U.S. must determine the military and political outcome in Iraq and Syria.
You can watch the full interview here: CNN
By: Evan Lips
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the first-term Democrat from Salem and veteran of the Iraq War, has endeared himself to national anti-gun activists after taking a hard line against the sale of semiautomatic weapons to civilians. Days after a gunman slaughtered 49 innocents in the name of Islam at an Orlando gay bar, Moulton graced the front page of the New York Daily News — clad in full military gear.
Three House Democrats are calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to meet the administration's stated goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. before October. "This need has never been more urgent. As a result of the Syrian civil war, more than 400,000 civilians have been killed, and more than 4.8 million people have been forced to flee their homes," wrote Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) in a Monday letter.
Two members of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation say they won't take part in moments of silence in Congress to remember the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting until lawmakers get serious about gun control.
Representatives Clark and Moulton of Massachusetts say they won’t take part in moments of silence in Congress to remember the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting until lawmakers get serious about gun control.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, on Monday sent a letter signed by 73 members of Congress to Secretary of State John Kerry urging the United States to accept more Syrian refugees.
"The slow pace of current Syrian refugee admissions will not help our national security," Moulton and his colleagues wrote. "In fact, it will only give credence to those who wish to undermine our values."\