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>Eliot A. Cohen

>>8239733

This letter was entered in the Record at S1410:

Illegal border crossings are near forty-year

lows.

–

There is no documented terrorist or na-

tional security emergency at the southern bor-

der.

–

There is no emergency related to violent

crime at the southern border.

–

There is no human or drug trafficking emer-

gency that can be addressed by a wall at the

southern border.

–

This proclamation will only exacerbate the

humanitarian concerns that do exist at the

southern border.

–

Redirecting funds for the claimed ''national

emergency'' will undermine U.S. national secu-

rity and foreign policy interests.

–

The situation at the border does not require

the use of the armed forces, and a wall is unnec-

essary to support the use of the armed forces.

–

There is no basis for circumventing the ap-

propriations process with a declaration of a na-

tional emergency at the southern border.

–

Respectfully submitted,

Signed/*

Madeleine K. Albright, Jeremy B. Bash,

John B. Bellinger III, Daniel Benjamin,

Antony Blinken, John O. Brennan, R. Nich-

olas Burns, William J. Burns, Johnnie Car-

son, James Clapper.

David S. Cohen, Eliot A. Cohen, Ryan

Crocker, Thomas Donilon, Jen Easterly,

Nancy Ely-Raphel, Daniel P. Erikson, John

D. Feeley, Daniel F. Feldman, Jonathan

Finer.

Jendayi Frazer, Suzy George, Phil Gordon,

Chuck Hagel, Avril D. Haines, Luke Hartig,

Heather A. Higginbottom, Roberta Jacobson,

Gil Kerlikowske, John F. Kerry.

Prem Kumar, John E. McLaughlin, Lisa O.

Monaco, Janet Napolitano, James D. Nealon,

James C. O'Brien, Matthew G. Olsen, Leon E.

Panetta, Anne W. Patterson, Thomas R.

Pickering.

Amy Pope, Samantha J. Power, Jeffrey

Prescott, Nicholas Rasmussen, Alan Charles

Raul, Dan Restrepo, Susan E. Rice, Anne C.

Richard, Eric P. Schwartz, Andrew J. Sha-

piro.

Wendy R. Sherman, Vikram Singh, Dana

Shell Smith, Jeffrey H. Smith, Jake Sul-

livan, Strobe Talbott, Linda Thomas-Green-

field, Arturo A. Valenzuela.

ty anon!!

https://www.inquisitr.com/5313004/national-security-officials-trump-emergency-statement/

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/24/national-security-trump-emergency-declaration-1182732

https://web.archive.org/web/20190225170043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-senior-national-security-officials-to-issue-declaration-on-national-emergency/2019/02/24/3e4908c6-3859-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html?utm_term=.b54304f4d3a7

1 Madeleine Albright served under President Bill Clinton,

2 Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, served under President Barack Obama;

3 Eliot A. Cohen, State Department counselor under President George W. Bush;

4 Thomas R. Pickering, President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations;

5 John F. Kerry, Obama's second secretary of state;

6 Susan E. Rice, Obama's national security adviser;

7 Leon E. Panetta, Obama's CIA director and defense secretary;

8 former CIA Director John Brennan;

9 former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper;

10 former National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon;

11 former Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Gil Kerlikowske;

12 former NATO Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns;

13 former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano;

14 longtime U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker;

15 and former Ambassadors to the United Nations Thomas Pickering;

16 Samantha Power;

17 Susan E. Rice, National Security Adviser under Obama;

18 John Kelly, President Barack Obama's Secretary of State;

Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas introduced on February 22 a resolution seeking to block Trump from declaring a national emergency. 226 House lawmakers are co-sponsoring it.

One Republican, Representative Justin Amash of Michigan, is co-sponsoring the legislation as well.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joaquin Castro, the author of the resolution, argued that Trump's emergency declaration undermined Congress's constitutional power of the purse.

https://www.pogo.org/letter/2019/02/former-gop-lawmakers-honor-your-oath-and-protect-the-constitution/

1 Steve Bartlett, United States House of Representatives (R-TX), 1983-1991

2 Douglas Bereuter, United States House of Representatives (R-NE), 1979-2004

3 Sherwood Boehlert, United States House of Representatives (R-NY), 1983-2007

4 Rodney Chandler, United States House of Representatives (R-WA), 1983-1993

5 William Clinger Jr., United States House of Representatives (R-PA), 1979-1997

6 Tom Coleman, United States House of Representatives (R-MO), 1976-1993

7 John Danforth, United States Senate (R-MO), 1977-1995

8 Mickey Edwards, United States House of Representatives (R-OK), 1977-1993

9 David F. Emery, United States House of Representatives (R- ME), 1975-1983

10 Chuck Hagel, United States Senate (R-NE), 1997-2009

11 Gordon Humphrey, United States Senate (R-NH), 1979-1990

12 Nancy Johnson, United States House of Representatives (R-CT), 1983-2007

13 James Kolbe, United States House of Representatives (R-AZ), 1985-2007

14 James Leach, United States House of Representatives (R-IA), 1977-2007

15 John LeBoutillier, United States House of Representatives (R-NY), 1981-1983

16 Richard Lugar, United States Senate (R-IN), 1977-2013

17 Pete McCloskey, United States House of Representatives (R-CA), 1967-1983

18 John R. McKernan, Jr., United States House of Representatives (R-ME), 1983-1987

19 Thomas Petri, United States House of Representatives (R-WI), 1979-2015

20 Claudine Schneider, United States House of Representatives (R-RI), 1981-1991

21 John J.H. Schwarz, MD, United States House of Representatives (R-MI), 2005-2007

22 Christopher Shays, United States House of Representatives (R-CT), 1987-2009

23 Peter Smith, United States House of Representatives (R-VT), 1989-1991

24 Olympia Snowe, United States Senate (R-ME), 1995-2013, United States House of Representatives (R-ME), 1979-1995

25 Alan Steelman, United States House of Representatives (R- TX), 1973-1977