Kirk Wants Tough Talk On Terrorism From Obama During State Of The Union
(CBS) -- Republican U.S. Senator Mark Kirk is talking about what he is—and isn't—looking forward to in President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Kirk says what he wants to hear Obama say is that the United States is taking all steps possible to prevent terrorist attacks like the one that decimated the offices and murdered the staff of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo earlier this month.
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"I want to make sure Americans feel more and more secure in this age of terror with the world's greatest power using all of its resources effectively that we never have to go through what the French people saw in the streets of Paris," Kirk said.
But on another matter, the senator says if the president proposes an increase in the capital gains tax on the highest earners, that will hurt the slightly recovering economy. He like fellow Republicans, is opposed.
