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" Like many Americans, I am still haunted by images from the last days of the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975. Newscasts showed South Vietnamese desperately trying to scale the walls of our embassy in Saigon to board the last helicopter flights out of the country. The fear in their eyes was chilling. "

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" When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women. "

Jeanne Shaheen

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" Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice. "

" Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues. "

" For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do. "

Jeanne Shaheen

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" Let's create jobs by bringing the Shaheen-Portman bipartisan energy efficiency bill to the floor. "

" The U.S.-E.U. partnership is indispensable to ensuring a Europe whole, free, and at peace. "

" I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan. "

" Americans were outraged by Russia's interference in our presidential election, but a wider threat is Russia's doctrine of hybrid warfare, which includes cybersabotage of critical American infrastructure from nuclear plants to electrical grids. "

" One of the things we need to do with North Korea, which is a rogue nation, is to get the international community in support of further sanctions, of keeping pressure on the North Korean regime. "

" We need to invest in a way that makes sure we've got the workforce we need in the future. "

" If we really care about impacting countries around the world and their economic futures, then what we need to do is empower women. "

" Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive. "

" By protecting our Afghan friends from reprisals and welcoming them into our American family, we can assert that the United States is still a great and good country - and that we do not abandon those who risked their lives to serve with us. "

" The United States does not accept foreign meddling in our elections, and we shouldn't have an ambassador attempting to intrude in another country's political affairs. "

Jeanne Shaheen

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" We need to strike better trade deals, but we need to do it in a way that ensures that we are at the table on these deals. "

" We need to get young people excited about politics, excited about government. "

" When I got involved in politics and started running, there were questions about whether a woman could take care of her kids and serve in office. And that was never an issue when I ran. "

" If a future U.S. president were to refuse to defend an ally under attack, NATO would lose all credibility. "

" We're only going to be able to compete in the world if we continue to be innovative. "

" United States forces have always relied on local allies to accomplish military and diplomatic missions and will need this support in the future. But why would anyone agree to help the United States if we have a record of breaking our promises and abandoning those who assist us? "

" If Ambassador Grenell is unwilling to refrain from political statements, he should be recalled immediately. "

" There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community. "

" The Kremlin hacked our presidential election, is waging a cyberwar against our NATO allies, and is probing opportunities to use similar tactics against democracies worldwide. Why, then, are federal agencies, local and state governments, and millions of Americans unwittingly inviting this threat into their cyber networks and secure spaces? "

" I think we need to continue to engage with our allies and with the world situation both on trade. I'm concerned that by pulling out of TPP, while we all want fair and competitive trade, the fact is what we have done is left the playing field to the Chinese to engage with those partners. "