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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Mar 8, 2017

Is it the policy of the Trump administration to deny North Korea the capability of building an ICBM that can hit the American Homeland with a nuclear weapon on top?

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Mar 8, 2017

It is not in our national interest to let that happen. Is it?

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Mar 8, 2017

The best way to avoid a military conflict with North Korea over their missile program is for China to wake up North Korea to the reality of what threat that presents to North Korea and China.

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Mar 8, 2017

It should be the policy of the United States to never allow North Korea to develop an ICBM with a warhead that could hit America.

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Mar 8, 2017

As a matter of fact, it is one of the best purchases you could have, in terms of dealing with the international terrorism, is Afghanistan.

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Mar 8, 2017

If you had $10 billion more on top of what the White House requested, that would be a good thing.

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Mar 8, 2017

We need to put that on his radar screen.

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Mar 8, 2017

If anybody falls in the service of the country in Afghanistan, they died to protect the Homeland?

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Mar 8, 2017

What would happen to the Air Force's ability to deal with these threats if we went back to sequestration levels?

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Mar 8, 2017

Do we need to up our game when it comes to dealing with potential drone attacks on the country?

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Mar 8, 2017

What signal would we be sending to Russia if Congress failed to act for punishing them?

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Mar 8, 2017

That policy has to have all options on the table to be meaningful, including the military option?

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Mar 8, 2017

Is it also fair to say that we do not have any intentions of invading North Korea at all?

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Mar 8, 2017

If we do not fix that, it is going to be tough moving forward?

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Mar 8, 2017

Is it fair to say that in 5 years, this threat, if not unchecked, is going to get worse and more lethal?

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Mar 8, 2017

Is it fair to say it is in our national security interests for Damascus not to be handed over to Assad, a proxy for Iran, in any final settlement, that you cannot have Iran dominating Damascus?

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Mar 8, 2017

This committee--the chairman has decided, I think, to mark up the 640 versus 603.

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Mar 8, 2017

If the Trump administration is listening, how you take Raqqa will determine how successful we are in neutralizing Iranian influence and Russian influence.

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Mar 7, 2017

The president has asked Congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wiretapped by the Obama administration. I'll take up that challenge and we sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the FBI, asking them for any…

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Mar 6, 2017

I want a better relationship with Russia, but that never will be achieved until Russia changes its practice of trying to grind democracy into the ground.

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Mar 6, 2017

Without American leadership, nothing will work.

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Mar 6, 2017

Every effort to stop Russia in the past, whether it be Georgia, the Ukraine, you name it, is clearly not working.

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Mar 6, 2017

My goal is to inform the American people of the risks that you have being in the backyard of Russia as a democracy.

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Mar 6, 2017

Your country is in our thoughts and prayers, and I want you to see in America a more reliable ally in the future.

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Mar 6, 2017

I cannot understand why America and others will not defend it.

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