The fundamental issue appears that the Defense Department believes it is not only legal but accepted practice to operate using slush funds that deceive the Congress, ... Indications from the IG report are that the practice is widespread, condoned and even encouraged up and down the levels of management within the DOD. |
The little bit of oil that you might get out of the Gulf of Mexico ... it's not worth it, what it would hurt us in our military preparedness and what it would hurt Florida's economy by messing up our pristine beaches, |
The president needs the country behind him. |
The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence. |
The way to keep the American people behind the war effort is to be open and truthful and up front and to give clear goals of what you are trying to achieve, ... When we went in to Iraq, we were not only given misinformation, we withheld information and what we were given was not true. |
There are senior citizens who are on fixed incomes who can't afford to drive to the doctor. There are blue-collar workers who are making $20,000 a year that can't afford to drive to work, |
There has been an ignoring and a starving of NASA for funds by the administration, and this isn't a partisan comment ... It goes back to the previous administration. They have delayed as a result of that the safety upgrades to the space shuttle. |
there needs to be an adequate explanation. If there is a slush fun, parking money, that is contrary to the law. |
There was a negative, visceral reaction against the overzealousness -- the mean-spiritedness -- that came out of that impeachment trial, |
There was a negative, visceral reaction against the overzealousness -- the mean-spiritedness -- that came out of that impeachment trial. |
There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. |
There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. Retiring an aircraft carrier more than a decade early isn't in the best interest of the nation at this time. |
They do this double game because they've got this constituency that is so inflammable and can rise up and threaten the kingdom, |
They haven't gotten themselves straightened out yet, |
They intend to come after me with a vengeance. |