"We are not backing away. We are going full steam ahead with our programs in Iran and across the region,again in order to create that space for civil societies to actually play the proper role that we would all understand in building more accountable democratic governing institutions,".

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The fact that we have folks with HIV who are on waiting lists to get access to treatment or the fact that our state programs are not coordinated with our federal programs.

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The costs that will rise rapidly, and that are the source of our imminent fiscal problems, come from our domestic entitlement programs, not our defense budget.

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The U.S. can afford a social safety net, but our current programs are not sustainable, even in a robustly growing economy.

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