Well, I'll start at the beginning. First, thank you for the fact that the defense authorization bill has some components to it that really move in a direction that we would want.

What does the plight of these 2,400 Iranian dissidents, who are opponents of the dictatorial regime in Tehran; what does it say to us about larger policy questions for the United States in the region?

I think it's a bad agreement, but--and we'll see whether it actually is adhered to--but, whatever one thinks of the agreement, the Islamic Republic of Iran has sort of put it in a box, and they haven't changed anything else about their…

I don't see a real plan, and certainly not one that's financed.

We made a commitment to these people. We didn't live up to it. It's time to finish it.

Thanks, Senator Sessions. Great to be here.

There's--to me, there's not, Senator, an acceptable answer to that question.

Incidentally, broadly bipartisan.

I've then learned that the group is sometimes hard to deal with, and they have very firm views.

Clearly, this commitment has not been sustained.

We ought to be supporting them. This regime in Tehran is hopeless.

This is not just a matter of our ideals, but also our interests.

What does a promise from the United States of America mean, particularly if it comes under local political pressure and the promise is reneged?

I hope that my skepticism about it is proven to be an overreaction and not well founded.

Whatever one thinks about the organization to which the residents of Camp Liberty belong, there is a basic standard of human dignity that must be upheld.

We're the United States of America. Remember the words on the Statue of Liberty about the masses yearning to be free.

As I understand it--and right now, of course, most of the folks who have left have gone to Albania.

I’d be proud and very secure in having these 2,400 come here, and I think they'd be great Americans.

Part of this was--you correct me, Wes--that the residents gave up their arms.

It seems to me that we ought to not only--it was right and just that we took them off the foreign terrorist organization list, but the truth is, now, that we ought to be supportive of them and others in opposition to the government in Iran…

The heart of this government is so contrary to the values of the United States.

This Iranian Government, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has the blood of a lot of Americans on its hands.

The Secretary of State designated Iran a state sponsor of terrorism January 23, 1984, over 30 years ago.

This regime, the Iranian Government, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has the blood of a lot of Americans on its hands, the Marines at the barracks in Beirut, the soldiers of Khobar Tower, and I would go on. Incidentally, hundreds of American…

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