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Richard Durbin

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Richard Durbin, commonly known as Dick Durbin, is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he has held various leadership roles, including Senate Majority Whip. Durbin has been a prominent advocate for issues such as healthcare reform, immigration policy, and gun control. He has also played a significant role in negotiations on budget and appropriations matters in the Senate.

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Jan 24, 2007

I don't think he has a real realistic view of what's going on in Iraq.

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Jan 24, 2007

Clearly, they're not in touch with one another about what's really going on in Iraq.

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Jan 9, 2007

As Congress considers our future course in Iraq, we remain committed on a bipartisan basis to providing our soldiers every resource they need to fight effectively and come home safely. But it's time to begin the orderly redeployment of our…

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Nov 8, 2006

Don't send us political extremists. There was a time when the president was successful doing that, but I think that time has passed.

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Nov 8, 2006

American soldiers are losing their lives. I don't think we can wait. I don't think we can ask them to wait.

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Sep 25, 2006

The president has argued, and I suppose his followers argue, that we're going to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. Well, our intelligence agencies say that, in the course of fighting them over there, their…

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Sep 25, 2006

This National Intelligence Estimate that administration has had for so long doesn't square with the message that's been given to us by the president and Vice President Cheney over the last several weeks.

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Jun 26, 2006

A hundred percent of the Democratic caucus believes it's time for change. And 100 percent of the Republican caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

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Jun 26, 2006

A hundred percent of the Democratic Caucus believes it's time for change and 100 percent of the Republican Caucus believes it's time to stay the course.

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May 23, 2006

And for those who have argued where's your agenda, where's your agenda, it's being rolled out on a daily basis.

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May 4, 2006

What does $100 buy you? Two tanks of gas, if you're lucky? Is that the best we can do in Washington, D.C., and then say adios, voters, see you in November? We've taken care of the problem? Well, we certainly have not.

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