Can you wonder if, while you are harassing the Administration with impracticable demands for an abandonment of territory which the American people will not let go, less unselfish influences are busy presenting candidates for all the offices in its organization?
Reid critiques those who demand the abandonment of territory while neglecting the political realities at play.
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You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.
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