Tom Cole: “We were focused largely on the American military presence in…”

“I began August honestly with a trip with a number of my fellow appropriators, a bipartisan delegation to the eastern Mediterranean. Pretty tense spot given all the activity involving Israel, various groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, changes in Syria. We were focused largely on the American military presence in the eastern Mediterranean. So we went to Italy and visited Sigonella, which is a huge American military support facility in Sicily. And, and out of there we fly like P8s, which track Russian submarines.” (00:35–00:40)

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