WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: LOUISVILLE, KY U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding Iran-backed terrorism: "Iran's violent influence is a cancer on the Middle East, from Yemen to Iraq to Syria to Gaza to Israel to Lebanon. Hizballah is the most malignant form of this cancer, and its leaders bear responsibility for perpetuating suffering in Lebano more PR