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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
No. 1, there is nobody I admire more on foreign policy than Senator Menendez. He has been a champion of this cause. My objection will not be to sugarcoat history, nor to rewrite it. I just met with President Erdogan and President Trump about the S- 400 purchase and about the problems we face in Syria from the military incursion by Turkey, and I do hope Turkey and Armenia can come together and deal with this problem. But given where we are in Syria and some hope that maybe we can resolve things, I object, not because of the past but because of the future. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Jersey.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Nov 13, 2019

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