| Paul Gosar: | Good- good morning |
| Carol Costello: | Um your thoughts |
| Paul Gosar: | uh it's a sad day, and here's a- a- a beautiful girl, a young g- person that gave her life to helping others uh that are in tragic's wake,
uh so very very sad day, I- I hope that everybody will reach out uh to their respective religions with the thoughts and prayers on behalf of Kayla and her family. |
| Carol Costello: | I know she- she very much became sort of a hero to all of Prescott, there vigils held in her honor, holding out hope that she might somehow be alive. |
| Paul Gosar: | well you know that with no confirmation coming in over the last couple days until today, uh you know that's what our hope was, uh
praying for a miracle to happen for the Mueller family and for Kayla uh it wasn't to be and it's a- it's a sad day but um you know we- we will not rest until we bring those perpetrators to- to justice and we have a bill that will actually help do that, facilitating a bounty uh because they kidnapped uh Kayla um and are responsible for her safety and- and uh now ul- ultimately her death |
| Carol Costello: | What bill are you talking about, sir? |
| Paul Gosar: | This is Bringing Terrorists to Justice act, uh H R seven fifty one,
uh si- a companion bill has been dropped in the Senate, and a similar bill actually passed unanimously in the Senate last uh year ((and it)) basically amends the State Department's uh Rewards for uh Justice program` and allows the uh scrutiny of- of- and ability of five mill- up to five million to help in the perpetration and brought to justice for those that kidnap and kill American citizens |
| Carol Costello: | Do you think the U.S. Government did all it could to rescue Kayla? |
| Paul Gosar: | Well I mean ((and)) we had few assets in this war-torn uh uh area uh but
you know the administration uh tried, we were contacted by the Mueller family in uh late summer of uh twenty thirteen, uh we tried to to work with Senator McCain who had some contacts ((weren't)) because of his vast traveling, uh but what the upheaval and the generals that were ousted uh he had uh no r- uh uh help from those folks We even tried to reach out to some friends of- of- of my uh uh family that had some relatives back there to see if they were- could help but the problem was is that the way that the savagery of ISIS and the war-torn aspect of Syria prohibited that- that as well We do know that uh there was an attempt that they thought that uh they tried to send in a rescue attempt at ((logga)) um they- they missed it uh they were moving the- the ca- ca- captives here there and everywhere and very uh uh indiscriminately and uh they just missed uh what they thought was where uh Kayla had been taken so um we're not dealing with people that um uh bear- bear uh you know civilry to people that are trying to help others uh we're- we're talking to butchers we're talking to people that um are the- the worst of humanity so uh it's- it's hard to- to know all the aspects in which um uh their State Department actually went |
| Carol Costello: | If- if- if the family um I- I believe ISIS asked for a ransom for Kayla, should the U.S. government have considered that? |
| Paul Gosar: | well here's your problem, once you start doing that, then everybody, every American citizen traveling abroad becomes a- a subject
in regards for kidnapping and then the plight of we see uh how much money has been uh cap- captivated in the Boca Raton uh uh group uh there's liberties and freedoms that we have in- in the United States and it's a very hard choice but uh there's- there's consequences when we leave around the country, but that's why we have to hold people accountable for the injustices they do to humanity um but there's got to be a consistent policy, it's- it's heart breaking and heart wrenching to see that people would attack those who only give the very best of humanity uh for the plight of those people in war-torn areas um or suffering debilitating diseases but uh this makes it very very difficult uh on behalf of the- the security of this country and the future of- of terrorists |
| Carol Costello: | President Obama will today or tomorrow ask Congress for war powers. Should Congress grant him that? |
| Paul Gosar: | Well I know he's coming to Congress, the problem is is I'm- I'm very critical in regards to um we don't seem to have a concisive co- cohesive plan
and um I am not the only one that wants the President to outlie something more constructive that what he's put forward Bounding alone is not enough I think that- that we have a very weak uh group of uh of uh countries, uh it's been bolstered by the actions of Jordan But look at what a decisive leader um Jordan has become in- in this ((plight)) to this area um so I need to see more in regards to what they're coming- what he is coming with, with an orchestrated plan It's not a r- a griegously or erroneously putting our men and women in harm's way that are fighting out in behalf of our armed services and protecting our great country |
| Carol Costello: | Would you grant President the authority for limited use of boots on the ground? |
| Paul Gosar: | Well I think what we have to do is that- that's what uh a commander in chief goes with it, I want to see that, uh we heard from our military uh experts that
uh this is not going to be something that can be done with just bombing and from air strikes, but we're going to need some cohesive uh folks uh on the- on- uh on the- boots on the ground We already have boots on the ground, they may be choreographing uh the flights and- and bombing raids but we already have people in harm's way and we want to make sure that uh th- their uh safety as well as those that may become further involved in the conflict are protected as well so that means required leadership uh it- that is appropriate and uh for- for the uh the problem at hand. |