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Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz gained national prominence during his 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is known for his conservative positions on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and tax reform. Cruz has been a vocal advocate for limited government and has often positioned himself as a defender of constitutional rights.

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Jul 23, 2013

About 500 prisoners, including senior members of Al-Qaeda, escaped from the Abu Ghraib prison.

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Jul 23, 2013

I think it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Commander-in-Chief.

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Jul 23, 2013

the administration's position seems to be to continue apologizing for the existence of Guantanamo.

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Jul 23, 2013

Well, with respect, General, it will go to zero with respect to those detainees if they remain detained.

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Jul 23, 2013

Our national security policy should not be derived simply from bumper-sticker ideology but, rather, from careful, hard decisions.

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Jul 23, 2013

Foreclosing the option to detain and interrogate people is, I would suggest, as I am sure Senator Feinstein knows, a real impediment to our ability to prosecute a war like the one that has been thrust upon us by people who operate with a…

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Jul 23, 2013

It is easy to say close Guantanamo and get an applause from various audiences. The harder question then is what do you do with these terrorists.

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Jul 16, 2013

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act remains in full force, and its protections are entirely in place.

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Jul 9, 2013

the Democrats in the Senate repeatedly stopped qualified, excellent nominees to the court, including Peter Keisler, including, I think most indefensibly, Miguel Estrada, where a Democratic staffer put in a memo that the reason to stop…

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Jul 9, 2013

the case against the church there strikes you as a 'strong case for the employee'

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Jul 9, 2013

it is hard to imagine what decisions are beyond the ambit of federal courts

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