“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 recordJune 3, 2014
The veterans have given us their absolute best. We owe it to them to give them our absolute best.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the obligation to support veterans.

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