“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 25, 2017
I would hope that you and the Secretary would convince the President that a muscular foreign policy requires a fully staffed State Department.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Sherman emphasizes the need for a fully staffed State Department to support foreign policy.

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