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All I'm saying is, The US intelligence community needs to be able to do a better job on this issue, i think The US intelligence community did a great job on this issue, senator. We will --.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
He seems to be most upset that his candidate didn’t get it, and to me, that's not a sufficient reason to vote against this candidate.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The gold is part of this slush fund that Vladimir Putin built up in anticipation of sanctions.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Vladimir Putin is cornered. Vladimir Putin's already lost this war, even if Vladimir Putin wins a short-term battle by taking of Kyiv, there is no way Vladimir Putin can hold Ukraine and absorb Ukraine into Russia because Vladimir Putin's created a hatred for Russia and himself that will last a generation.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We told him this was coming, i don't know if Vladimir Putin didn't believe Senate Select Committee on Intelligence or wasn't well advised, but I'm quite confident Vladimir Putin did not anticipate the ferocity of the sanctions.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Yes, it concerns me because we are searching for a resolution on these important issues.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
While I am not feeling great, I’m definitely feeling much better than I would have without the vaccine.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have to defend democracy, and I'm afraid that our colleagues have put us in that position. I'm very reluctant to modify the filibuster. But I don't feel I can stand by and see our system subverted.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If there's any silver lining in this unjust decision, it's this : I hope that President-elect Biden will recognize Chris's contributions, and consult with him as the Biden administration charts the future of this critically important agency.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think it is an important protection for the minority and some incentive toward bipartisan legislation is important, but that is based upon the premise, however, that the minority does not abuse the rule, if it is abused, I am subject to changing my view.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
That's where it worries me that the President apparently has been pressing the intelligence community to find what he wants to find, the question should be,' Where did the virus come from ?' not' Don't you think it came from a lab ?' ... Because if they taint the intelligence before it gets to them, they're going to make bad decisions.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It would make it very difficult to have a full intelligence sharing information with a partner who has installed a direct line to Beijing.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
And United Arab Emirates is doing something similar. So there's going to be humanitarian assistance coming into Yemen in very short order, which is absolutely necessary.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think Donald Trump knows Donald Trump's got a problem. Donald Trump knows Donald Trump has to be more open and people have to be held accountable.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't think that was appropriate, but I suspect he now thinks that, too, it was at the very beginning, had it been an ongoing pattern, I think it would be a greater concern. But I think he's demonstrated through the course of the investigation that he's sticking with it in a non-partisan way and a serious way. ... I wish that hadn't happened, but I don't think it taints his work on the investigation.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have a reasonable expectation of knowing what the universe of potential projects cuts are before we take this vote.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I don't think that there's evidence yet available to the public where there would be more or less a consensus that this was an appropriate path, my concern is that if impeachment is moved forward on the evidence that we have now, at least a third of the country would think it was just political revenge and a coup against the President.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's an important hearing, my principal concern is about the tapes' destruction and what she was thinking, what her role was. That's the essence of it.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think it's very difficult to say' mission accomplished' if the mission is to deter the use of chemical weapons, we hope that will be the case, but we did a strike a year ago for that same purpose and it was deemed a success, but the chemical weapons have continued to be used.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It gets complicated because it's not only Assad's air force, it's Russia's air force.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
The actions of the House chair (Wednesday) certainly call into question the ability of that committee to perform an independent investigation, but I don't think that applies to the Senate committee.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I honestly have to say I think it's a mistake to make that kind of a reassurance because what we're talking about here is a new kind of terrorism.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
(The refugee process) would take 18 months to two years. Under the visa waiver program, it could take 24 hours, the target of our work should be strengthening the visa waiver program.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Frankly, (the visa waiver program is) a greater vulnerability than the issue of the Syrian refugees who have to go through an 18-month to two-year vetting process. Very few get through it, most of them are women and children and elderly people. So let's focus our attention where the greatest threat is.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
A nuclear-armed Iran would be a serious threat to the United States and to the world, but this agreement, if implemented effectively, would prevent Iran from obtaining the capacity to build a nuclear weapon for at least another fifteen years.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a story we hear again and again -- early detection saves lives. In this case, the story is mine. Not once, but twice.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm looking forward to a full recovery and to continuing my service in the Senate, and no, this does not my affect my intention to run for re-election, except my poor little prostate won't be along for the ride.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is a long, difficult struggle that we're engaged in, and it's going to require all kinds of tools.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It strikes me as ironic, at a time when risks are escalating, when we face kind of lone wolf terrorists here in the United States, that we are talking about unilaterally disarming, in effect, in terms of our intelligence capability.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I can't imagine he would try to make that claim given the totality of the news we're seeing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know where Secretary Kerry was getting his information. It's inconsistent with what I am hearing, i can't imagine he would try to make that claim given the totality of the news we're seeing.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think it's inappropriate both from in terms of our country and their country.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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