“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 3, 2009
Unfortunately, there are just fewer and fewer foreign military officers because of lack of financial resources, not because of lack of interest in the program.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Farr addresses funding issues affecting the International Military Education Training program.

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