“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 28, 2015
There are a lot of questions as to whether or not our P5+1 partners would even get back to the table.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Editor's note · Context

Hirono questions the willingness of P5+1 partners to renegotiate if the U.S. withdraws.

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