The real number of the US’ obligations, unfunded obligations that we’re passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion.
BENJAMIN E. SASSE[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.
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In the American constitutional system of three different branches, conflict – and I mean that peaceful, vigorous debate – it’s a feature of our system, not a bug. We need less all-or – winner-take-all politics.
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[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.
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[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.
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I don’t think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that’s all campaign all of the time and it’s helpful, now that we’ve moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.
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I didn’t go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they’d let me play.
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There is no equivalency between the United States of America, the greatest freedom loving nation in the history of the world, and the murderous thugs that are in [Vladimir] Putin’s defense of his cronyism. There’s no moral equivalency there.
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People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It’s not very helpful.
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Let’s be clear: Has the U.S. ever made any mistakes? Of course.Is the U.S. at all like [Vladimir] Putin’s regime? Not at all.
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I don’t understand what the president’s [Donald Trump] position is on Russia. But I can tell you what my position is on Russia: Russia is a great danger to a lot of its neighbors, and [Vladimir]
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We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.
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So [Vladimir] Putin is a mess. He’s committed all sort of murderous thuggery, and I am opposed to the way Putin conducts himself in world affairs, and I hope that the president also wants to show moral leadership about this issue.
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We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.
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The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.
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he U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.
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Putin has as one of his core objectives fracturing NATO, which is one of the greatest military alliances in the history of the world.
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