13th District Congressman Rodney Davis says the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is an example of President Obama's weakness on foreign policy. Davis, a Republican, says Hagel's departure leaves Congress with little direction in military action against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Especially since because I supported the president in his mission that he's currently engaged in against ISIS ... because our military leaders told us that this plan would work."
The U.S. has been carrying out airstrikes since the summer, but ISIS keeps making territorial gains in parts of Iraq thought to have been stabilized during American occupation.
On Immigration
Congressman Davis says President Obama should abandon talk of 'comprehensive' immigration reform in favor of piecemeal strategies. Davis says the bipartisan legislation passed by the Senate last year is effectively dead in the House.
"I don't believe the far right or the far left wanted to pass immigration reform or any solution because I think both sides wanted to use it as a political hammer."
Davis says the House should work toward crafting legislation that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to check up on international students and foreign visitors who overstay their visas.