“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 recordMarch 9, 2010
what areas of the U.S. Government's CVE efforts are in most need of our attention and how would you address these shortcomings?
Said by
Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Nelson inquires about improving U.S. efforts in countering violent extremism.

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