Senator Lindsey Graham confirms U.S. presidency bid

PanARMENIAN.Net - Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican foreign policy hawk, has confirmed that he will run for U.S. President in 2016, BBC News reports.

The senator from South Carolina told CBS This Morning that he would make an official announcement on June 1 in his home town of Central.

But when asked why he was considering it, he said "I'm running" because "the world is falling apart" and he would make the best commander-in-chief.

He becomes the seventh leading Republican to join a crowded field.

Graham has been a fierce critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. He wants U.S. ground troops to be sent into Iraq and Syria to combat Islamic State, to prevent terror attacks in the U.S.

When asked by CBS whether he thought the Republican field was weak, he revealed his intention to run himself.

"I'm running because of what you see on television, I'm running because I think the world is falling apart, I've been more right than wrong on foreign policy," he said. "It's not the fault of others, or their lack of this or that that makes me want to run, it's my ability in my own mind to be a good commander-in-chief and to make Washington work."