“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 recordMarch 2, 2011
There is a war going on, as you know, and it seems to me our agents should be armed, if we are going to put them down there in harm's way.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

McCaul advocates for arming U.S. agents in Mexico due to safety concerns.

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