“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 12, 2011
I appreciate your recognition of that. The problem is that what AID has been doing over time is taking from the Latin America accounts whenever it faces a challenge.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez expresses concern over budget cuts affecting Latin America funding.

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