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Dana Rohrabacher

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Dana Rohrabacher is a former U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district, serving from 1989 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his libertarian views and strong support for the tech industry. During his time in Congress, Rohrabacher was an advocate for various issues, including technology innovation and foreign policy matters, particularly regarding Taiwan and its democratic governance. He often emphasized the importance of individual liberties and limited government intervention.

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Nov 14, 2011

The Kosovars had a right to be independent, and so do some of those Serbs in the northern part of that country.

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Nov 14, 2011

I have presented to both the Kosovars and the Serbian Governments a plan that would be a delineation of the border.

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Nov 14, 2011

If there is anything that is a greater danger, I would say that cost overrides of this nature are certainly a greater threat to a viable space program than the asteroid belt or anything else that you would face up there that God has…

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Nov 14, 2011

But yet it seems to me that if we believed in that, we should be supporting these people in the northern tier that is next to Serbia who want to be part of Serbia.

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Nov 14, 2011

If, indeed, you are right that they are having policies that affect our people's health, we shouldn't be giving them money and saying, 'We are going to pay for it.'

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Nov 14, 2011

What we have--and we have seen this happen in other countries as well--for example, India, where the people of Kashmir were never given a right to decide.

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Nov 14, 2011

Let me remind you, Mr. Secretary, the United States' borders were changed into the time when we became a country.

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Nov 14, 2011

So they should be giving us money for that, not us giving them money.

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Nov 14, 2011

I would like to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue.

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Nov 14, 2011

For us to be pouring money into the goals that you just suggested is pouring U.S. taxpayer dollars down the toilet because it will accomplish nothing.

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Nov 14, 2011

We have got to get serious about this, and if we are not, it is not--by the way, I don't believe it is Congressional back and forth and indecision that is causing these things.

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Nov 14, 2011

Let me note that I do. Let me note that I do know of those things, and you don't seem to and our Government doesn't seem to.

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Nov 14, 2011

Let me note that I do know of those things, and you don't seem to and our Government doesn't seem to.

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Nov 14, 2011

Let me suggest where we are really lucky, that back in the early days of our country, number one, that we believed in the right to self-determination as expressed in our Declaration of Independence.

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Nov 14, 2011

Right now you are leaving them with the idea that no, you are sovereign countries, but the United States is never going to go along with any agreement between you two.

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Nov 14, 2011

I would doubt the integrity of those figures. And I would suggest that in a vicious dictatorship, as China has, that they do not permit these NGOs that you are talking about the freedom that is necessary to come up with those statistics.

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Nov 14, 2011

I have been a supporter from the very beginning. I was, along with Eliot, we are very involved in this over the last 20 years.

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Nov 14, 2011

Kosovo is a free, independent, and democratic state.

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Nov 14, 2011

I was very impressed with the sincerity of the Serbian Government to try to find some solutions.

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Nov 14, 2011

It is totally unreliable for us to base policy on that type of information.

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Nov 2, 2011

It is time to wake up from the naive and sentimental dream that there is friendship and broad cooperation and accept reality.

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Nov 2, 2011

Pakistan has been a critical facilitator of our campaign to drive al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan.

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Nov 2, 2011

We should try to determine strategy that will help the people of China and secure the peace of the world.

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Nov 2, 2011

Pakistan, meaning both the nominally democratic civilian government and the unelected but ultimately decisive Pakistani military establishment, is not our friend.

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Nov 2, 2011

I thought we were doing very well, in my judgment. We liberated Afghanistan with very few Americans on the ground.

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