284 ordspråk av Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
I'm going to answer the questions. I thought I was about as clear as I possibly could be in English as to what I'm doing and why I'm doing it,
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I'm kind of amazed you can write a report in which you reach your conclusions before you actually speak to the people who were involved in the decision-making process. It's kind of jumping to conclusions before the facts were gathered.
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I'm not a hurricane expert,
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I'm not going to judge others, ... I did not have a problem dealing with state and local officials.
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I'm not going to judge others, ... I've got my own house to put in order.
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I'm proud of what ICE has accomplished in this past year. We will continue to fight. We will continue to use our unique legal authorities to remove violent and criminal gangs from our nation's communities.
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I've known Rob for many years; he is an outstanding public servant and will be greatly missed here at the department. I appreciate the commitment and service he has shown in directing our border security efforts.
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If an ultra-catastrophe occurs, there's going to be some harmful fall-out.
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If confirmed, I pledge to devote all my energy to promoting homeland security and all our fundamental liberties.
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If there are contracts that turn out to be not properly cost effective or inappropriate in some other way, we can redo the contracts; we can renegotiate those contracts,
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If they think that they can come across the border and get released, they're going to keep coming, ... Return every single illegal entrant — no exceptions.
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If we get a wild bird or even a domestic chicken that gets infected with avian flu, we're going to be able to deal with it, because we've got a lot of experience with that.
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If you start to plan in an emergency, you're not planning, you're improvising,
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including a permanent deputy director to augment the resources available to assist with FEMA's vital mission.
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interprets the law, straight without injecting your personal preferences.
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