“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 recordMay 7, 2018
prior to Puerto Rico, the Corps had never repaired an electric power grid of this magnitude as part of a domestic disaster response and could not predict the assignment from FEMA to restore the grid.
Said by
Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Hirono questions the Corps' capability for future grid repairs after Puerto Rico's disaster.

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