Robert Menendez actually said...

In that context, it is the national interest and security of the United States that one would pledge fidelity to.

Menendez asserts the ambassador's loyalty should be to U.S. national interests.

01/02/2017

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I believe the only way Iran will voluntarily stop their march to nuclear weapons is if they know tougher and tougher sanctions will be enact...

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It is sanctions, tough sanctions, not the goodness of the hearts of the Iranian leaders, that brought Iran to the negotiating table.