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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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Sep 4, 2017

It's going to have to have some kind of pressures on the North Koreans to make them abandon this very dangerous path they're on.

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Aug 14, 2017

There's no moral equivalency between racist and Americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. The President of the United States should say so.

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Aug 8, 2017

You have to be sure you can do what you say you're going to do, walk softly, carry a big stick.

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Aug 7, 2017

I think that the rotund leader in Pyongyang is not crazy but he certainly is ready to go to the brink.

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Aug 7, 2017

I take exception to the president's comments, because you've got to be sure that you can do what you say you're going to do. In other words, the old walk softly by carry a big stick.

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Aug 1, 2017

Going forward, I hope the President will be as vocal about Russia's aggressive behavior as he was about his concerns with this legislation.

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Aug 1, 2017

The concerns expressed in the president's signing statement are hardly surprising, though misplaced.

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Jul 25, 2017

An announcement of this magnitude should not be done by Twitter. Any able-bodied legal American who wants to serve their country should be able to do so.

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Jul 24, 2017

I think we all agree they haven't been overburdened by greatness lately. And right now, they aren't producing much for the American people. Both sides have let this happen. We keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the…

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Jul 24, 2017

Senator John McCain making a plea for bipartisanship after voting to bring a health care bill to the floor, a bill he says he has no intention of voting for in its current form.

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Jul 24, 2017

It's likely that this bill will ultimately fail, and then perhaps everyone can take a deep breath, start from scratch and work together.

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Jul 24, 2017

If they're not doing enough to work together and that the body, the greatest deliberative body in the history of the United States, has not done a very good job living up to that reputation.

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Jul 23, 2017

Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on the important legislation, including health care reform, the National Defense Authorization Act, and new sanctions on Russia, Iran and…

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Jul 19, 2017

I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support, unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I'll be back soon. So stand by.

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Jul 17, 2017

Russia's economy is a gas station with an economy the size of Denmark.

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Jul 17, 2017

As your committee Chairman, John McCain, has often said, Russia is a gas station with a real economy the size of Denmark's.

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Jul 17, 2017

As John McCain famously said 'Russia is a gas-station with an economy the size of Denmark.'

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Jul 12, 2017

The painful lesson of the 20th century is that American ambivalence only increases the likelihood of conflict in Europe and a direct challenge to our national interests.

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Jul 12, 2017

The defense of the free world is the purpose where we try to rally folks around democratic institutions, rule of law, free media.

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Jul 12, 2017

Changing Russia's behavior will not be quick or easy, but the stakes are simply too high not to try.

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Jul 12, 2017

The United States cannot be a credible critic of Russian aggression if it does not provide a strong alternative example.

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Jul 12, 2017

Our alliances are our greatest foreign policy advantage, and I think it behooves us all to remember that.

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Jul 12, 2017

The coup attempt in Montenegro serves to further reinforce what we should already know, that more must urgently be done to better protect ourselves and our allies from Russia's systemic campaign to undermine the very foundations of Western…

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