“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”

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On the recordMay 22, 2012
Our influence in the Middle East significantly reduced by our inability to be able to effect things.
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Richard Lugar
Republican · Indiana
Source
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Lugar highlights the decline of U.S. influence in the Middle East.

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