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Jeff Sessions

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Jeff Sessions is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 84th Attorney General of the United States from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 2007 to 2017. During his tenure in the Senate, Sessions was known for his strong stance on immigration and law enforcement issues, advocating for stricter immigration policies and supporting various measures to combat drug trafficking and crime. He also served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama from 2001 to 2002.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think is it the next year, 2013, that it's projected to go to just $50 billion?

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Feb 14, 2011

They do have to be confident the people of this country are behind them, and sometimes that means money.

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Feb 14, 2011

We can't let numbers like that drive the agenda.

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Feb 14, 2011

I just feel that you have a good ship there.

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Feb 14, 2011

I appreciate Senator McCain because he's going to be on top of it.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think we have to ask ourselves, can we continue to maintain that kind of forward deployment of brigades.

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Feb 14, 2011

I think this is a smart Navy move. I remember when Admiral Clarke proposed it.

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Feb 14, 2011

It is very demoralizing and dangerous to release someone who is going to go back to the war and kill people.

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Feb 14, 2011

I truly believe we have the greatest military the world has ever known.

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Feb 14, 2011

The reason we have a severe financial crisis in America is not because of our military effort.

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Feb 14, 2011

We need to have this kind of conversation with our allies. They have to participate more.

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Feb 14, 2011

The United States cannot give away the work of its magnificent military in Afghanistan and Iraq by a too precipitous withdrawal.

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Feb 1, 2011

I believe that is a very important point.

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Feb 1, 2011

The U.S. Government is a government of limited powers.

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Feb 1, 2011

My Governor, Governor Riley, has told me he is stunned by the economic impact that this health care bill would have on State budgets.

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Feb 1, 2011

We did not have hearings in this Committee on the health care bill, the constitutionality of it.

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Feb 1, 2011

It causes our Nation to once again enter into a discussion about what it means to be a government of limited powers.

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Jan 26, 2011

I hope, submitting the lowest possible bids, for the benefit of America and the taxpayers.

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Jan 26, 2011

I think the Air Force tried to do what they could.

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Jan 26, 2011

Both offerors reacted in a responsible manner and returned the disks that were mistakenly forwarded to them.

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Jan 26, 2011

That's pretty conclusive, actually, your ability to determine that.

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Jan 26, 2011

I know the Air Force has bent over backwards to be fair about this.

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Jan 26, 2011

We shouldn't on the eve of this competition take any action that would suggest we want the Air Force to do anything other than try to select the best aircraft at the best price for the men and women who defend our country.

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Jan 26, 2011

Senator McCain smelled a rat early on.

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