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Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell has played a significant role in shaping legislative priorities and has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in key policy areas including healthcare, tax reform, and judicial appointments. McConnell is known for his strategic leadership and has been a prominent figure in national politics, particularly during contentious legislative battles.

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Apr 9, 2024

The Air Force must keep Pace with evolving threats by modernizing, fielding new capabilities.

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Apr 9, 2024

The Biden Administration must lift all artificial and self-imposed limits on aid to Ukraine.

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Apr 9, 2024

We need to begin deterring Russia against further aggression rather that assuring it that we seek to avoid "escalation".

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Apr 9, 2024

We need to begin deterring Russia against further aggression rather that assuring it that we seek to avoid "escalation".

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Apr 9, 2024

the Number 1 threat to our freedom, the pacing threat remains to be China

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Apr 9, 2024

we're in a more perilous time than has ever been in my lifetime, maybe with the exception of the Cuban missile crisis

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Apr 9, 2024

A timely enactment of a Defense Appropriation Bill has never been more urgent.

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Apr 9, 2024

France, the United States, the UK and other NATO allies should form a 'coalition of the willing' to directly assist Ukrainian defense.

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Apr 9, 2024

A timely enactment of a Defense Appropriation Bill has never been more urgent.

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Apr 8, 2024

France, the United States, the UK and other NATO allies should form a 'coalition of the willing' to directly assist Ukrainian defense.

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Apr 8, 2024

the Number 1 threat to our freedom, the pacing threat remains to be China.

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Apr 8, 2024

We need to begin deterring Russia against further aggression rather that assuring it that we seek to avoid escalation.

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Apr 8, 2024

A timely enactment of a Defense Appropriation Bill has never been more urgent.

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Apr 8, 2024

Continuing resolutions, government shutdowns without accurate appropriations, it hamstrings our national defense.

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Apr 8, 2024

The Biden Administration must lift all artificial and self-imposed limits on aid to Ukraine.

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Apr 8, 2024

The risk is increasing over time. And if we focus on the risk today at the expense of the higher levels of risk we are going to see, as China continues to modernize, we are going to have to be in a very untractable position within just a…

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Apr 8, 2024

I think we're in a more perilous time than has ever been in my lifetime, maybe with the exception of the Cuban missile crisis.

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Apr 8, 2024

We are always open to working with the Department of Defense to ensure that our warfighter has the tools they need.

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Mar 18, 2024

We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one.

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Mar 16, 2024

It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel.

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Mar 16, 2024

This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all.

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Mar 7, 2024

We need to be talking about the future and not the past.

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Mar 2, 2024

It's time for the next generation of leadership.

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Feb 8, 2024

We have tried price controls in general here. We did in the 1970's under a Republican President, under Nixon. It was a disaster.

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