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We will never kill our way out of the Daesh problem. We cannot bomb our way to peace here. The key to defeating this enemy and making it stick is the reconciliation and the stabilization process.

Jan 17, 2016

Steve Warren, Fox News
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I’m surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are, and how quickly we lose courage.

Dec 10, 2015

Angela Merkel, Time magazine
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Choosing Afkham as ambassador took a few minutes, but choosing her successor took four months.

Nov 08, 2015

Mohammad Javad Zarif, AFP
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We are much more focused on the four dead Americans than we are anyone’s presidential aspirations.

Oct 18, 2015

Trey Gowdy, Politico
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The deal with Iran will go down as one of the most incompetent ever made. The U.S. lost on virtually every point. We just don't win anymore!

Sep 02, 2015

Donald Trump, Twitter
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I believe this government will be called upon to tackle critical issues.

Aug 27, 2015

Vassiliki Thanou, Reuters
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If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments -- but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

Jan 20, 2015

Barack Obama, 2015 State of the Union Address
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The Interview may be the most elaborately marketed movie of all time.

Dec 23, 2014

Tom Philpott, Twitter
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This [climate deal] means that in the next 15 years, China will have to build the energy equivalent of another China, but one that is entirely based on non-fossil fuels. This sends a signal that China has begun to say goodbye to coal.

Nov 14, 2014

Li Shuo, NPR
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I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it…You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

Oct 11, 2014

Chris Christie, Speech at the annual New Jersey NAACP conference
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