“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.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
I have been doing this for 20 years. And for 20 years...our policy has been a tremendous success, a success for the political class in Washington.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Sherman critiques U.S. policy on North Korea, highlighting its failures and successes for politicians.

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