Dick Durbin said "I might say, in response to the Senator from Virginia, that I don't recall the exact vote, but when Senator Lieberman offered an amendment to this bill last week relating to Iran, the vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan. We agree with that. How do you contain Iran? How do you stop Iraq from becoming an Iranian client state? There is so much we can do, but the region has to respond. The Senator from Virginia knows as well as I do that there is division within the Islamic religion and that the Sunni faction or element is the most dominant in that region and around the world." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I might say, in response to the Senator from Virginia, that I don't recall the exact vote, but when Senator Lieberman offered an amendment to this bill last week relating to Iran, the vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan. We agree with that. How do you contain Iran? How do you stop Iraq from becoming an Iranian client state? There is so much we can do, but the region has to respond. The Senator from Virginia knows as well as I do that there is division within the Islamic religion and that the Sunni faction or element is the most dominant in that region and around the world.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing bipartisan efforts and strategies regarding Iran and Iraq.

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