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On the recordFebruary 4, 2014
Mr. President, I commend the Senator from New Hampshire for her stirring remarks on the terrorist attacks in Benghazi and urge that we pay heed to the words she said. It is striking--the Senator from New Hampshire has said more about that terrorist attack than our Commander in Chief has ever said. We are at a time where Tolkien's classic ``The Hobbit'' is one of the best-selling, most popular movies in the country. ``The Hobbit'' is a fantasy story. In Washington, we were visited with fantasy last week in the President's State of the Union Address. I would like to talk about the contrast, concerning foreign policy, between the fantasy presented to the American people and the cold, hard realities of the dangerous world in which we live--which is only getting more and more dangerous. In his State of the Union Address last week, President Obama gave some revealing clues as to how he believed the United States should interact with the rest of the world. On the whole, his remarks encourage Americans not to worry too much about international challenges.…
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Ted Cruz
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