03/20/2022
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"his long articulated views in the Senate have consistently made him the Senator who has expressed the greatest degree of antagonism to the Nation of Israel."
"I also agree strongly with the doctrine of peace through strength."
"I think there are few, if any, decisions that will have a greater import than this committee's decision confirming or not confirming the Secretary of Defense."
"his foreign-policy views laid out over 2 decades put him, in the words of the Washington Post, no conservative publication, near the 'fringe of the Senate'."