American - Politician | October 30, 1953 -
When I came to Congress in 1993, the traditional idea that all politics stopped at the water's edge was alive and well. Americans had been unified for the previous four decades against the threat from the former Soviet Union and communism.
Pete Hoekstra
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Americans must step back and realize that an effective foreign policy is very difficult to devise, and we must present a united front to make it work.
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Demanding an end to partisan bickering on foreign policy is not an unrealistic requirement.
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Governing has always been hard.
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Choices abound in the free market. Choice creates real and immediate accountability.
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Any customer of government - whether it's with education, taxes, housing, or health care - understands the frustrations when they have a bad experience. They're stuck and can't go anywhere else.
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