08/09/2009
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"I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Burma, Iraq, and Nigeria."
"I looked this up just yesterday -- when President Obama took office in 2009, there were 144,000 U.S. military servicemembers in Iraq."
"I have determined that there are compelling foreign policy reasons to again extend DED to those Liberians presently residing in the United States under the existing grant of DED."
"Right now, they appear to be pursuing a set of tactics that worsens the situation in Syria."