WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty issued the following press release:
On Sunday, United States Senator Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Banking Committees, joined Fox News Sunday on Fox News Channel to discuss the latest in Iran and the Senate's agenda following the August Recess.
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Hagerty on Iran: Diplomacy is being tested at every turn of the Iranian regime. They don't seem to favor diplomacy unless they can use it to tap us along. [President Donald Trump] has seen right through this. We have maintained maximum military capabilities. In fact, he has enhanced our military capability. And what you see now is an act of desperation because President Trump had prep...