“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”
“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 Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.”

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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Why, of the $1.6 billion in law enforcement support promised under the Merida initiative, only $20 million of it had been spent by April of last year?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez questions the slow spending of promised funds for law enforcement in Central America.

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