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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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Dec 6, 2017

I want to know what you have done, besides say, 'We do not know who is responsible.'

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Dec 6, 2017

Can you tell me one or two individuals that, because of the failure, for example, the $6 billion Future Combat Systems [FCS] that never worked, can you tell me an individual or individuals that paid a penalty for that failure?

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Dec 6, 2017

We are seeing some improvements in acquisition processes and outcomes today

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Dec 6, 2017

I would much rather that you try and fail than do nothing, okay?

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Dec 5, 2017

Likely that environmental and conservation organizations will oppose the project, and such opposition may include litigation.

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Dec 5, 2017

The prior studies provide "only general ranges of estimated groundwater discharges" and do not "give a high degree of certainty" about the occurrence and movement of groundwater on the Reservation.

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Nov 29, 2017

Unfortunately, our options vis-a-vis North Korea are terrible, and anyone who tells you differently is a foolish optimist.

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Nov 29, 2017

Will we continue to lead and defend the international order--an order that has benefited us greatly--or will we retreat into a diminished role?

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Nov 29, 2017

I, for one, hope that we answer in the affirmative, and that we muster what is needed for the competition that lies ahead of us.

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Nov 29, 2017

We are asking our servicemembers to work 100-hour workweeks.

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Nov 29, 2017

When we say we are going to do one thing and we turn around and do something different, we lose credibility.

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Nov 29, 2017

We need to rebuild our defenses, we need to improve our base posture, but also our resilience and dispersal across Asia.

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Nov 29, 2017

The strategy should be budget-informed and not budget-constrained.

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Nov 29, 2017

One of the aspects of this that is so frustrating to us is that, as predicted, the workweeks are longer, the readiness suffers.

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Nov 8, 2017

He should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.

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Oct 22, 2017

I don't consider him so much a draft dodger as I feel that the system was so wrong that certain Americans could have evade their responsibilities to serve the country.

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Oct 22, 2017

If we're going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.

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Oct 22, 2017

Should know what cause the death of four brave young Americans.

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Oct 22, 2017

The burdens of war are not necessarily shared evenly across American society.

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Oct 18, 2017

We are going to get to this because of the risk to our very fundamentals of democracy.

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Oct 18, 2017

That is not constitutional. We are co-equal branches of government.

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Oct 18, 2017

We have our responsibilities and we are going to carry them out.

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Oct 18, 2017

Who cares who they were going after this time. It will be somebody else next time.

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Oct 18, 2017

For 8 years, we have been trying to get a policy? For 8 years, we have been trying to get a strategy.

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