“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 recordMay 17, 2010
Why wasn't somebody from MMS on that rig 24 hours a day overseeing what they were doing to make sure that they were doing this according to what they were supposed to be doing?
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George Voinovich
Republican · Ohio
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Voinovich criticizes the lack of oversight on the rig during the incident.

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