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James Traficant: “I have heard it all. The State Department is doing away with the term ``rogue states'' for Libya and Iran. They are now…”

On the recordJune 29, 2000
I have heard it all. The State Department is doing away with the term ``rogue states'' for Libya and Iran. They are now called ``states of concern''. Now if that is not enough to confuse Henny Youngman, a State Department spokesman said, and I quote, ``If these states of concern continue to be of concern because they have no concern about the concerns that concern America, then we are prepared to go beyond concern.'' Beam me up. These double-speaking, bric-a-bracking, ratch-a-fratching, pantaloonicists need their brain examined by a concerned proctologist. I yield back the concerns for any common sense left at the State Department.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Criticizing the State Department's terminology regarding Libya and Iran.

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