“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”
“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 Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.”

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On the recordApril 20, 2015
I gave the Congressional Gold Medal to a Tuskegee Airman, Amelia Robinson Jones, who in 1943... volunteered for the Army Air Corps.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia
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Isakson recounts awarding a medal to a pioneering Tuskegee Airman.

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