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Bob Corker

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Bob Corker is a former United States Senator from Tennessee, serving from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Corker was known for his leadership as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on issues related to foreign policy and fiscal responsibility. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign relations and was involved in key legislative efforts regarding international agreements and budgetary matters.

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May 24, 2016

Yeah, but you seem very wishy-washy on this, just for what it is worth, as you have been in multiple settings and it is very off-putting.

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May 24, 2016

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 24, 2016

Well, that is a fact, and nothing has happened.

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May 24, 2016

But it is strange policy, is it not, that we have foreign banks that we are clearing to use their dollar reserves to do business with Iran and not our own?

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May 24, 2016

Except that none of them would be involved in it. It is not very powerful, but keep going.

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May 24, 2016

But they would not participate in that. But keep going. We know they are not going to participate in that, and that is a ridiculous thought to think that if they do not agree with it, they are going to go ahead and put sanctions in place.

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May 24, 2016

It would seem as if you all have not precluded that, and you all would not stand in the way of us doing that if we felt it was an important thing to do.

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May 24, 2016

So we could do that, too. If we wanted to put additional sanctions in place that were not the nuclear-related sanctions, on human rights, on terrorism, and on ballistic testing, you would be OK with that?

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May 24, 2016

But you would not object to it because you realize there has to be a regime to snap back to, and so you would support us doing our job and extending it, would you not?

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May 24, 2016

Mr. Szubin, at the end of the day, Iran wants access to U.S. dollars most. Is that correct?

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May 23, 2016

As the world's two largest democracies, it is essential that Washington and Delhi stand together to uphold democratic values, principles, and norms in the Indo-Pacific.

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May 19, 2016

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that this…

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