“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordApril 28, 2010
I would like to underline that point. We just had my good friend from Tennessee talking about what happened when Tennessee did this crazy harebrained idea and how it really messed up the economy in the State of Tennessee. And now you're saying, actually, if I remember right, is that today the President is coming to Missouri to some degree to assure people that he's concerned with unemployment, and yet what you're telling me is you had small business owners going to bankers--I think you had a banking background, is that right, gentleman?
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W. Todd Akin
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The speaker discusses the economic impact of policies in Tennessee and the President's visit to Missouri regarding unemployment.

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