“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 recordFebruary 3, 2015
So, I want to make sure that as we look at all of this, we think about the prior 3 years.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire
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Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of considering past years in policy discussions.

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