“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 5, 2012
We must be careful not to compromise homeland missile defense for the sake of theater missile defense or budget shortfalls.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Warning against prioritizing theater missile defense over homeland security in budget decisions.

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