“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 recordOctober 13, 1981
Gene and I actually go back well before last April, as his odyssey from Democrat to Republican is so strikingly parallel to my own.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California
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Remarks to Reporters Following a Meeting With Representative Eugene V. Atkinson of Pennsylvania

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