“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 recordFebruary 5, 2018
Turkey is going to give $2.5 billion to the military complex of Russia, and they are not going to be sanctioned.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California
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Sherman criticizes the administration's lack of action against Turkey's military dealings with Russia.

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