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.
ADAM SCHIFFThe new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.
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I think what we are confronting now is a new war of ideas. It’s not communism versus capitalism, but it is authoritarianism versus democracy and representative government.
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Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King’s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.
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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.
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Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.
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I think Barack Obama has the overall right strategy and he’s been right to resist bringing in massive numbers of American troops.
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They, I think, despised her remarks about the flawed 2011 elections in Russia. They feared that she would be very tough on Russia in terms of sanctions.
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In fact, that is done quite often. And the standard is whether the unmasking of those names is necessary to determine the significance of the intelligence.
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The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.
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And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.
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Russia is leading a movement around the world to spread autocracy and authoritarianism.
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Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now
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I would strongly urge the Donald Trump administration to pick someone who is completely apolitical, who doesn’t come out of the political process
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There are perfectly appropriate circumstances to unmask the names of people.
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And there has to be a far stronger mechanism for being able to track down people, have overstayed their visas, to have a responsibility for who they’re coming to visit or stay with.
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Whether we kept a certain number of troops there or pulled out completely
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I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don’t think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.
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If we can’t get the Maliki government to include a large segment of its population in its security forces and protection
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If they exist, Congress needs to get them. If they’re not provided willingly, Congress should subpoena them.
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We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops.
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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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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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When Donald Trump focuses on a fight with the press or investigating leaks but doesn’t seem committed to standing up to what Russia is doing at home and around the world, that is of profound concern.
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America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.
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That first justification given, again, the White House misleading the country about a major action the administration was taking, but the fact that they had a private conversation in which the president,
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We know that the evidence or information is sufficient to warrant an FBI investigation of this.
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We know that Russia was involved in hacking our democracy.
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