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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 6, 2012

We're looking at every possible avenue to try to minimize, mitigate, eliminate these types of leaks.

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Mar 6, 2012

we have to be very careful with taxpayers' money.

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Mar 6, 2012

Please consider joining those who are supporting legislation enabling states to enforce full collection of their sales taxes by remote vendors.

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Mar 6, 2012

I don't like to micromanage and tell you, you should spend this here and that there.

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Feb 29, 2012

I thank the Senator from Missouri. I thank him also for his willingness to engage with this amendment, to put it in play here for us to debate and discuss. It is a very fundamental principle of our Constitution that is at stake, and it…

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Feb 27, 2012

There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who respect all the hard work that you have put in as Secretary.

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Feb 27, 2012

The tide of war is receding, and that results in significant savings.

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Feb 27, 2012

I think we will be back talking about adjustments to this budget before we want to.

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Feb 27, 2012

we are trying to make the best out of a very bad situation, and while we are trying to do that, the clock is ticking toward a nuclear Iran.

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Feb 17, 2012

I am not sure what the order is here. I am happy to defer to whatever has been agreed to. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 7\1/2\ minutes remaining on the Republican side.

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Feb 17, 2012

This is the third anniversary of the President's nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill. But it is not an anniversary worth celebrating. Back then, the Obama administration promised the American people that the stimulus bill, if passed, would…

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