“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 25, 2012
Just so that I am very clear on what you're talking about. When you're talking about a microgrid exactly what are you talking about?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Seeking clarification on the definition of microgrid.

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