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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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Jul 15, 2014

We are committed to addressing those areas of friction through dialogue and engagement.

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Jul 15, 2014

A strong and prosperous India, with its democratic values, will play a critical role in shaping that landscape.

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Jul 15, 2014

This is deeply a bipartisan supported relationship in the United States.

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Jul 14, 2014

I'm frustrated beyond words with the slow pace of forest thinning projects across the West.

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Jul 14, 2014

Until we responsibly restore our forest ecosystems to their natural state, I see no higher priority for the Forest Service than putting out wildfires and thinning out forests.

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Jul 14, 2014

But unlike hurricanes and earthquakes the Federal Government can take action to reduce wildfire severity through forest thinning.

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Jul 14, 2014

I agree that catastrophic wildfires are disastrous, perhaps less natural disaster and more manmade disaster in many cases.

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Jul 14, 2014

The battles in Arizona and in the West in the next century will be over fire and water.

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Jul 13, 2014

In all due respect to my colleague in the Senate and others, are they ignoring what's happening to these children on the way up? Are they ignoring the rapes, the death, the riding on the top of a train?

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Jul 8, 2014

The best contraceptive is a future.

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Jul 8, 2014

They have an obligation to help these three Central American countries.

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Jul 8, 2014

That has never happened in our country.

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Jul 8, 2014

It should be subdivided unaccompanied minors, Mr. Osuna. They are the ones that are coming.

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Jul 8, 2014

Are you telling me when I visit a detention facility that I cannot bring a cell phone with me?

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Jul 8, 2014

If a Member of Congress cannot visit a facility in his own State, and the people of Arizona elected me... I want those instructions revoked as far as Members of Congress are concerned and I want it done today.

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Jul 8, 2014

But, the fact is, in 2013, 1,669 out of 20,805 were actually in that year returned.

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Jul 8, 2014

But, despite what you have to say, Mr. Winkowski, if you are sitting there in El Salvador today and one out of 10 do not even show up when they get the permiso slips--only one out of 10 show up actually before a judge, is that not true?

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Jul 8, 2014

I just asked if you support amending the bill. I am not asking what you support.

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Jul 8, 2014

If you were one of these children and you were there in one of these countries, would you not think your odds are pretty good?

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Jul 2, 2014

H.R. 1410 would bring some common sense to this situation and clarify that no tribe may conduct gaming on lands taken into trust after April 9th, 2013, as was promised by the Arizona Tribes.

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Jul 2, 2014

To protect our tribal gaming exclusivity and the unique compact structure that allows non-gaming Tribes to receive substantial gaming revenue, and to protect Phoenix-metro cities from having additional and unwanted casino-reservations…

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Jun 17, 2014

We needed a residual force as we had in South Korea, in Berlin, in Bosnia, in Japan.

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Jun 17, 2014

The question is whether a total withdrawal and announcement of it encourages the Taliban and increases dramatically the risk of the rise of the Taliban and further chaos in the country and further death and suffering and threats to the…

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Jun 17, 2014

What most of us advocated and we are seeing this movie in Iraq is that by announcing a complete withdrawal, that we encourage the Taliban.

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Jun 17, 2014

I am predicting to you now, as I predicted what happened in Iraq, that you will see a resurgence of the Taliban and great damage done by the Taliban to the Afghan people.

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