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Adam Kinzinger

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Adam Kinzinger is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger gained national attention for his outspoken views on various political issues, particularly his criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of the few Republicans to support the impeachment of Trump and served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

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Mar 10, 2020

One thing that we need to remember is Russia is kind of a paper tiger.

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Mar 10, 2020

If I was asked to not admit I was an American in my service to my country, I would be pretty ticked off, quite honestly.

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Mar 10, 2020

Every time the Russians come up to a red line and they are pushed back... we have not put too many brick walls in front of him.

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Mar 10, 2020

President Clinton once said his greatest regret was inaction in Rwanda. And I think this generation will look back and say our greatest regret is inaction in Syria...

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Mar 10, 2020

This is a bipartisan failure. This was a failure of the last Administration in stopping Russia from even being involved in Syria...

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Jan 13, 2020

I supported the Administration going to Libya, and I said that that was not something that needed to come to Congress.

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Jan 13, 2020

The military's prime job is not to be safe. It is to keep the American people safe.

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Oct 29, 2019

Not only am I concerned about reliability, I am concerned about two more things: job loss and stranded assets, or really, wasted assets.

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Oct 28, 2019

I think it is important to--it is a lesson when they, you know, basically showed up in Syria in 2012 or 2013.

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Oct 28, 2019

It is a lesson, because we see them in Venezuela and we will see them elsewhere. Stop them early.

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Oct 28, 2019

This is a regime that cannot be allowed to persist as-is, the people have to have a say in the direction of their country.

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Oct 21, 2019

We know that the installation of barriers along the Irish border could possibly lead to instability.

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Oct 21, 2019

Is your sense that they are just waiting until there is an agreement or that it is just a lack of interest?

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Oct 21, 2019

Can you tell me what we are doing now to preserve it, or are we just absent on it?

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Oct 21, 2019

Obviously, there is a lot we do not know, so I think you guys both did a great job of kind of explaining the situation and the difficulties and the unknowns, and we do not know until we know.

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Oct 21, 2019

This deal will avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Oct 21, 2019

Luckily, I do not think the Brexit deal struck by Prime Minister Johnson will result in that.

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Oct 21, 2019

We cannot let unemployment drive a resurgence of terror on the Irish island.

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Oct 21, 2019

I believe that any Brexit deal must protect the Good Friday Agreement and ensure that no hard border be constituted.

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Oct 20, 2019

I support, you know, getting answers to questions. Here's the problem. When you say impeachment inquiry, that's - the end goal is impeachment, and that has a whole different meaning.

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Oct 20, 2019

I think where the disagreement comes is not - first off, ISIS isn't defeated. I'm afraid they're reconstituting, as we speak, even just psychologically, they can call this a victory.

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Oct 20, 2019

We're leaving. We're staying. The Kurds aren't great. The Kurds are fine.

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Oct 15, 2019

I think one of the biggest and most important things is people need to be aware of that.

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