“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
I will. As I mentioned in the statement, they need to know that any purchase of additional Russian weapons will result in additional CAATSA sanctions.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona
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Flake supports imposing sanctions if Turkey purchases more Russian weapons.

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