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Jeff Duncan

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Jeff Duncan is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 5, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Duncan has focused on issues such as energy independence, fiscal responsibility, and Second Amendment rights during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for conservative policies and has worked on various legislative initiatives that align with his party's platform.

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Sep 18, 2013

By condoning past mismanagement, I believe this decision allows taxpayer dollars to be put at high risk in the future.

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Sep 17, 2013

That is more than the former Secretary of State was willing to do.

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Sep 17, 2013

People need to lose their jobs over the failures that were admitted to here today.

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Sep 17, 2013

I want to know who was on the call and what the substance of the call was.

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Sep 9, 2013

I believe Colombia is leading by example with individual freedoms, with economic prosperity.

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Sep 9, 2013

Colombia is the epitome of what success looks like in South America.

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Sep 9, 2013

I urge caution while these winds of war blow.

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Sep 3, 2013

Absolutely I want to talk about Benghazi because four Americans lost their lives. I have sympathy for the people in Syria, and I do think there should be a worldwide response. But we should act cautiously.

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Sep 3, 2013

The same administration that was seemingly so quick to involve the U.S. in Syria now was reluctant to use the same resources at its disposal to attempt to rescue the four brave Americans that fought for their lives in Benghazi.

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Sep 3, 2013

I have spoken to hundreds of constituents. This represents about 300 emails that my office has gotten. And not a one, not a one member in my district in South Carolina or the emails of people that have contacted my office say go to Syria…

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Sep 3, 2013

The American people deserve answers before we move forward talking about military involvement in Syria.

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Sep 3, 2013

There are no good guys to get behind here. And I can only envision an escalation of this current conflict.

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Sep 3, 2013

The Woods family deserves answers. He was killed in Benghazi.

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Sep 3, 2013

The administration has a serious credibility issue with the American people due to the unanswered questions surrounding the terrorist attack in Benghazi almost a year ago.

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Aug 1, 2013

This report further underscores the decade-long theme of inaction and indifference of U.S. Park Police leadership.

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Jul 31, 2013

We need to get more resources downrange, like I talked about earlier, so that we can counter these threats when they are 1,000 miles out.

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Jul 31, 2013

We have got to break our obsession with developing strategies to defend the 1-yard line, meaning our southwest border and our northern border.

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Jul 31, 2013

I think first and foremost the most important thing we have got to do is, again, demand interlocking counternarcotics/transnational criminal activity strategies with counterterrorism strategies.

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Jul 31, 2013

I believe the State Department failed in its mission given to them by a bipartisan effort of Congress, signed into law by President Obama.

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Jul 31, 2013

I look forward to the State Department's response in a timely manner.

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Jul 31, 2013

This administration refuses to see Iranian presence in the Western Hemisphere as a threat to U.S. security.

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Jul 31, 2013

I question the State Department's scope, methodology, and findings in its report to Congress.

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Jul 30, 2013

Timeliness, accountability, and consistency are still major issues for TSA when misconduct arises.

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Jul 30, 2013

When workers on the front line fail to live up to TSA's established guiding principles and standards of conduct, management must step up and hold individuals accountable.

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Jul 30, 2013

TSA must do more to focus on the true threats and stop with invasive screening of low-risk travelers.

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