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Bob Menendez

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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.

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Jan 20, 2015

They get to cheat in a series of ways and we get to worry about their perceptions.

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Jan 20, 2015

We are concerned by it. We are appalled, in some instances, by it.

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Jan 20, 2015

Iran has a history here of deceit, deception, delay that has brought us to this point.

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Jan 20, 2015

I think that is nuanced, at best.

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Jan 20, 2015

the sanctions that expire next year that Congress passed 99-0, at least in the Senate, and overwhelmingly in the House, that was signed by the administration.

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Jan 20, 2015

So we basically have a violation of the agreement. For some of us, it is not insignificant.

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Jan 20, 2015

It is our right and our responsibility to weigh in on an ultimate agreement.

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Jan 20, 2015

I want these negotiations to be successful.

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Jan 20, 2015

Whenever confronted with Iranian intransigence, they fold. It is going to be hard for a lot of people to support this deal if they give in on past military dimensions.

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Jan 20, 2015

I think I did test the proposition with the administration, because I actually said at one point, so you want the sanctions to lapse?

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Jan 20, 2015

You cannot have it both ways, Ambassador. Either it is significant or it is insignificant. Which one is it?

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Jan 20, 2015

Is it not fair to say that if snapback is to mean anything, it has to be snapped back to something, because otherwise what are you snapping back to?

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