That says, I think, a lot about where the president is coming from, but it was quite jarring given this was an attack on our democracy by a foreign power.
ADAM SCHIFFWe cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.
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Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.
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The president [Barack Obama] is not willing to send in apaches and spotters if the Iraqis say they don’t want them and if it means that these Shia mobilization forces are going to be going after and trying to kill Americans.
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By his own admission, was discussing the future of Director Comey in that job, and the president brings up whether he is under investigation, highly unethical, at a minimum, unethical.
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But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.
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I’m concerned the clock is ticking, and the danger to the American people is still very present.
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We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].
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We already know that there are those close to James Comey who have a very different take, if there are tapes, of course, that would be the best evidence of what took place.
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If someone is brought in for an interview, for example, and is asked about their views on things, but has posted things that are completely contrary to the interview
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In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II
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And that is a threat that here in Europe, they feel acutely. They’ve seen their countries interfered with, bombarded by cyber-attacks, by Russian propaganda, indeed, by Russian troops.
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And if they’re not in existence, if this was yet another fabrication by the president, he needs to come clean about it.
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It’s a huge gap in security, it’s a huge problem we’ve had with our immigration system for many years.
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While our country has made great strides in breaking down the barriers which for so long denied equal opportunity to all Americans
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And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.
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We need Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together to fashion a very comprehensive pushback to Russia, not just the cyber-hacking, but their bribery of officials in Europe, their social media campaign, their overt media campaign.
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