“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 recordMay 9, 2012
Fantastic, that is a first-rate decision. We should have done it a long time ago.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen praises the decision to commit a U.S. brigade to NATO Response Force.

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