“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 recordJanuary 18, 2021
The best way to deal with Assad is to transition him out so that the moderate opposition can fill the vacuum.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Blinken advocates for transitioning Assad to empower moderate opposition in Syria.

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