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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced and vulnerable in Iraq and Syria.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

It will be the responsibility of Iraqis to secure their own country and take the fight to ISIL on the ground in their own country.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

It is America that has the capacity and the will to mobilize the world against terrorists.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

But in one of our darkest moments, we summoned strength and courage, and out of horrible devastation emerged the best of our humanity.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

America will never forget the September tragedy that shook our Nation's core 13 years ago.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

This is a sustained and systematic effort, and we're going to continue to take the time to get this right.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 9, 2014

Both leaders agreed that a stronger Syrian opposition is essential to confronting extremists like ISIL as well as the Assad regime, which has lost all legitimacy.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

I want to cover that and explore that in the secured briefing a little bit.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

And it's a less efficient mix from the standpoint of being able to move cars around?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

How did they go down in relationship to inflation? Did they actually decline?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

That's one anecdotal example, but isn't basically what you're saying since 2006-2007 there has just been a change in the mix?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

Mr. Dooley, were rates wildly out of whack in the eighties?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 9, 2014

I think it is a shame that the leader of the Senate will not put a cybersecurity bill on the floor, one that creates true information sharing.

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