ATLANTA — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham all but confirmed Monday that he will run for president in 2016, saying he believes he would be the best choice to serve as commander in chief amid continued unrest in the Middle East.
"I'm running because I think the world is falling apart," Graham said in an interview on CBS This Morning.
A fierce critic of President Barack Obama's foreign and military policy, the Republican pointed to the Iraqi city of Ramadi, which recently fell to Islamic State militants, as proof that the U.S. must assert itself in the region.
The third-term senator said he will make his official campaign announcement June 1 in his hometown of Central, S.C. He would be the only Republican candidate from one of the four early voting states that also include Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
