05/23/2016
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"It began one of the most difficult periods not only in my life and your lives but in the lives of our country and the world."
"If confirmed, I will press Portugal to meet the 2 percent defense spending pledge made at the 2014 Wales Summit."
"I am concerned that with the loss of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, at least the U.S. participation in it, that the hope of some vehicle by which greater economic engagement, even at a bilateral level..."
"It is my sincerest hope that, in combination with the countries that each of you, if confirmed, will be serving, along with the other four G5 nations in the hemisphere, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, and Arg..."