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On the recordMay 22, 2013
We will do this by age. Senator McCain is recognized for 5 minutes. That is not quite a minute a decade, but that will get us going. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Arizona is recognized. Mr. McCAIN. I thank the Chair, and I hope the Chair will discipline this disrespect that is being displayed because of my advanced age. This would never have happened in the Coolidge administration, in which I first served. I thank the Senator. I also thank my dear friend Lindsey Graham for bringing this important resolution to the Senate. Resolutions happen all the time. This is a very important one. It wouldn't have happened without the leadership and support of the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. I would like to thank him for his continued leadership, including the passage of the resolution that was passed through the Foreign Relations Committee yesterday concerning the situation in Syria. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record three articles that are of importance for our colleagues. One is from the Washington Post: ``Iran paves over suspected nuclear testing site despite U.N.…
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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May 22, 2013

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