“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“Everything will get better.”
“for humanitarian reasons”
“because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building.”
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On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
Mr. President, I applaud my colleague from Tennessee. I appreciate him coming to make comments about his service with Senator Hatfield. When I was first coming to the Senate, Senator Hatfield asked me to bring greetings to his former colleagues. One of the first conversations I was able to have was to sit down with Senator Lamar Alexander who, like Senator Hatfield, served as a Governor, and who embodies so many of the qualities Senator Hatfield worked to cultivate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.
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