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William Taylor
William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
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November 14, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2018 a Facebook post
Say Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge foreign policy win."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 14, 2018
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 a White House briefing
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."
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By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
stated on February 15, 2017 a joint press conference with President Donald Trump
In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "
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By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention
"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
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By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech
Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic primary forum
"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2015
Tim Echols
Tim Echols
stated on October 26, 2015 an opinion piece in a trade magazine
"Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower."
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By April Hunt • November 10, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor"
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview with the 'New York Times.'
"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.
"Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 a news article
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
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By Becky Bowers • October 18, 2011
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on November 28, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
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November 30, 2010