Political Quotes

“Mr. President, those are some things I didn't plan to say but I felt compelled to say as a warmup to what I really wanted to say, and that is to talk about the agreement we struck with Iran and some of the things that have been happening since then with us, the United States, and five other nations. Over the past couple of weeks, the Obama administration's decision to engage with Iran, along with these other five nations, through diplomacy instead of military action has faced key tests. The results are in, and the agreement that we struck--the United States, the Brits, the Germans, the French, the Chinese, the Russians, and the Iranians-- appears to be working thus far, and, God willing, we may actually be on our way to being safe as a result. This test began on the high seas 2 weeks ago when the United States and Iran faced a crisis that could have ended tragically. Two U.S. Navy vessels carrying a total of 10 crewmembers strayed into Iran's territorial waters. They were detained by Iran, and as many of us know, they appeared on Iranian television. The American vessels were somewhere they should not have been. It was a mistake. As a former naval flight officer who served 5 years in a hot war in Southeast Asia and another 18 years--right up to end of the Cold War-- as a P3 aircraft mission commander, I know this is a mistake we never want to make.…”