“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 recordDecember 5, 2023
I think, most of us believe she is the real leader of Belarus having won that election against Lukashenko in 2020.
Said by
Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen supports Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's claim to leadership in Belarus.

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