Political Quotes

“I am pleased to respond to my friend from Tennessee. I am actually very glad he raises the question, because I know at least one other Member of the Senate has similar concerns. The interpretation of my friend from Tennessee of our intention in this resolution is exactly right, which is that there is nothing in this resolution that is intended to be an authorization for the use of military force in Iran by the President or government, military, of the United States of America. This resolution's main focus is to essentially back up with a congressional statement the position President Obama has articulated; that no matter what happens, containment of a nuclear Iran is not an acceptable policy from the point of view of the security of the United States; that our policy is to prevent the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. That is exactly why clause 6 was put in there, to say we do not accept containment; that our policy is prevention of the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. But I want to be clear there is nothing in that language that Senator Graham or I or Senator Casey see as the authorization of the use of military force.…”