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Mike Pence: long ago it was written, ``Choose this day whom you will serve.'' Today, as we go about the people's business in this…

On the recordMarch 12, 2003
long ago it was written, ``Choose this day whom you will serve.'' Today, as we go about the people's business in this House of Representatives, in another body on the east coast of this country, an international security council meets and makes decisions about who the United Nations will serve in these momentous times. Will the United Nations be a cover for tyrants and for nations who give them succor and support, or will the United Nations fulfill its historic mission and be about the business of advancing freedom in the world, confronting tyranny in the world, supporting civil liberties and basic human rights? It is time for the U.N. to choose. But as the members of that historic body meet this very week and make these momentous decisions, let them know that in this Congress, after these times have passed, we will debate and we will decide and we will choose the metes and bounds of the commitment of the United States of America to the United Nations.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Addressing the role of the United Nations in global security and human rights.

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