“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordMay 20, 2014
Today's threat is about affiliated groups metastasizing across the globe, and the current authorization simply does not make sense anymore.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee
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Corker discusses the evolving nature of security threats since the original authorization.

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