You have great champions in both of your Senators in regard to these issues and every other issue that affects the North Pacific.
Marco Rubio
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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
I think the leash is--and I have stated this in our meetings before--go and see what sanctions relief you can get without giving up what we believe--Iranians believe is their inherent right to enrich.
Would we not be stronger in that insistence if our stated and open position in any negotiations was Iran does not have a right to enrich?
But there are countries that do want to have that capability and that will point to the fact that other countries have that capability.
But the enrichment or reprocessing capability--the infrastructure of reprocessing and the infrastructure behind enrichment--once it is in place, it is basically just a policy decision at that point about whether you want to continue to…
Is it safe to say that the revelations that he has made, what this individual has done is perhaps the gravest violation and most significant, most harmful revelation of American intelligence secrets in our history?
Is it also safe to say that General Flynn, I would ask you this. Are there men and women in uniform who are potentially in harm's way because of what this individual has done?
Is it safe to say that he has not just compromised operations, but there are Americans and allies who are at risk because of the actions of this individual?
I have two followup questions. I understand you have already spoken about the issue of Venezuela.
I think we share strongly an understanding, and one that you have firsthand, of the nature of the regime.
When you say 'move forward,' move forward on democratic reforms, not simply economic reform.
I think we all believe that change almost by definition will come, has to come.
I believe human rights should always be at the forefront of what we do from a national security perspective and from a foreign policy perspective.
We care about human rights. There are certain realities... this Nation was founded on the principle that all human beings were created equal.
I think religious liberties is an important thing for us to clearly be on the side of.
Both of these are critical alliances for us, in fact, perhaps the two most important alliances in that region.
I think they are critical to the future of any other trade agreements, whether it is TPP or anything else.
I just want your commitment publicly that we will address this issue, if, in fact, this has not been cleared up--and we hope it will be--by the time you get there.





