“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 recordJuly 26, 2017
But to cut the budget to State to save money in the hopes of strengthening our presence and growing strategies...
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Yoho critiques budget cuts to the State Department while stressing the need for strong alliances.

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