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Dan Coats

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Dan Coats is a former United States Senator from Indiana, serving from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Coats previously held the same Senate seat from 2001 to 2005. Before his Senate career, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. Coats has been involved in various policy areas, including national security and foreign relations, and has been a vocal advocate for a strong defense policy. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2005 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.

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Mar 12, 2014

Keeping Iran from producing a nuclear weapon is far different than having the capability of doing that.

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Mar 12, 2014

The United States, led in many ways by the Senate--you were a member there at the time--went through the careful and, I think, painstaking process of both diplomacy and tough sanctions.

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Mar 12, 2014

I don't think they were invited in there, would have been invited in there, had we known that they were going to breach their responsibility in terms of invading a neighbor.

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Mar 12, 2014

Senator Durbin and I yesterday coauthored a Senate resolution relative to some sanctions, really not sanctions so much as providing some isolation.

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Mar 11, 2014

Clearly it is a top priority, and we ought to make sure that it is adequately funded.

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Mar 10, 2014

I ask for the yeas and nays. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is on the passage of the bill. The yeas and nays are ordered…

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Mar 4, 2014

I have been discussing the Ukraine crisis with my constituents and a number of Indiana media outlets for the last few days. Virtually every interview or conversation on the subject includes this question: What difference does this make to…

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Mar 4, 2014

I think we have found another one. Given the fact that consumers drive about 70 percent of the economic activity in the country, we ought to do something to help the middle class.

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Mar 4, 2014

I call it a rotten carcass of an economic system. It clearly does not work.

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Feb 27, 2014

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be…

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Feb 27, 2014

may I inquire what the order is in morning business relative to time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 15 minutes remaining on the Republican side. ____________________

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Feb 27, 2014

I appreciate this opportunity to come to the floor to speak about a different subject but one which is imminent and necessary for us to consider; that is, the current Iranian sanctions issue. Back in 2007, when Iran had ``only'' about 700…

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