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Lloyd Austin
@lloydaustin· Democratic · DC· Oct 12, 2023

I am here in person to make something personal clear. America's support for Israel is iron clad.

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Lloyd Austin
@lloydaustin· Democratic · DC· Oct 12, 2023

It's not just a show of support, it is support. And it's just the leading edge of the border.

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Lloyd Austin
@lloydaustin· Democratic · DC· Oct 12, 2023

I know how hard you've been working. You've been really hustling to get this here as quickly as you could. And there's a lot more that follows this.

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Lloyd Austin
@lloydaustin· Democratic · DC· Oct 12, 2023

Now this is no time for neutrality, or for false equivalence, or for excuse says for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism, and that's especially true after this rampage by Hamas, and anyone who wants lasting…

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

How Israel does is matters, with democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard.

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

The prime minister and I discussed how Israel does this matters. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard, even when it's difficult, and holding ourselves to account when we fall short. Our…

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

Israel has the right, indeed the obligation to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again.

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

I understand on a personal level the harrowing echoes that Hamas' massacres carry for Israeli Jews, indeed for Jews everywhere.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

If House Republicans cared about Democratic principles or local D.C. residents, they would bring my D.C. Statehood Bill...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

D.C. residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are capable and worthy of governing themselves.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

While Congress has Constitutional authority to legislate on local D.C. matters, it does not have a Constitutional duty to do so.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Oct 11, 2023

I am deeply saddened that some of the witnesses for this hearing were victims of crime in the District...

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 10, 2023

He told reporters that efforts are ongoing, but admitted they are in his words, understandably complicated.

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Shalanda Young
@shalandayoung· Democratic · DC· Oct 7, 2023

I think he is still capable. He seems to have the vitality to continue to do the job well, but at 88 years old, just the inherent risk, I just feel that Trump has disqualified himself from office because of his behavior from the election…

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 7, 2023

A tremendous amount of aid and assistance already in the pipeline. Back under President Obama, we signed a so-called memorandum of understanding with Israel that provides it with $3.8 billion a year in defense assistance.

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Antony Blinken
@antonyblinken· Democratic · DC· Oct 7, 2023

It's very unfortunate that some are playing politics at a time when so many lives have been lost and Israel remains under attack.

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