Except for the request of the president, I would not have delayed it [the vote], |
For so many Americans, what goes on here in Washington often seems abstract and remote, unrelated to their daily concerns, |
For the entire history of the human race, the Chinese have never been actively involved in Europe, and now in a few short months the Clinton-Gore Administration has managed to fashion a policy that gives the Chinese a voice in Europe, |
Four years ago it was much different, |
Frankly I believe that there's too little funding for intelligence, we have too few assets and too few analysts. And I think if the Congress and others are going to demand a greater capacity in intelligence we're going to have to be prepared to pay for a more sophisticated and a more intense structure of intelligence capabilities, and I think its wrong for some members of Congress to vote to cut intelligence spending, to vote to cut the number of intelligence analysts and then to set unrealistically high demands on the intelligence community. |
gratified that the committee has decided to take no action. |
has to be a criminal offense of the first order. How can you have an American president asking for money from foreign leaders? ...I think this is one of the most disturbing revelations we've ever had about an American president because it would indicate a total absence of judgement that really, I think, puts the nation in substantial danger. |
He believed passionately in America, |
He can come down firmly on the side of bold dramatic change, in which case he will be in the Teddy Roosevelt tradition, or he can tolerate bureaucratic inadequacies and defend the indefensible, in which case the Democrats will win in 2006 and 2008. |
He gave his word he would sign the emergency aid bill and put politics to one side, I think he should keep his word, and sign the bill, |
He is purely and simply the most important developer of effective management and of effective public policy in the 20th century, ... In the more than 30 years that I've studied him, talked with him and learned from him, he has been invaluable and irreplaceable. |
He was a kind soul with a rare ability to make people laugh, ... lost a very, very dear friend. |
How this president handles the Middle East in general and wins in Iraq in particular will be probably the most important definition of his presidency. |
I believe on the issue of the $500-per-child tax credit, the president absolutely will sign the bill. |
I believe that whatever that document is -- inevitably and legitimately -- the American people should have access to (it). Certainly all of the members will want access, the senators will want access... ... We think it is, frankly, more legitimate and more in the spirit of what we are trying to do ... for everyone to have access to it. |