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There are, I think, elements in Afghanistan who would be perfectly satisfied to make Afghanistan a permanent protectorate of the United States -- in which they carry no burden
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President Obama recognizes the importance of both moving forward on the question of Puerto Rico's status, but also on working toward creating greater economic opportunities for all our citizens
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A lot of this border region is big and complicated. And even a city like Quetta is a big city. And, you know, we have to respect the sovereignty of Pakistan as we engage in potential actions that would involve going into a major metropolitan area with a lot of civilians around it. We expect Pakistan to ...
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The American people and a bipartisan majority of the Congress have already rejected bringing terrorists to U.S. soil for long-term detention, and current law prohibits it
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A lot of this border region is big and complicated. And even a city like Quetta is a big city. And, you know, we have to respect the sovereignty of Pakistan as we engage in potential actions that would involve going into a major metropolitan area with a lot of civilians around it. We expect Pakistan to ...
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The galaxy of warlords who tore Afghanistan apart in the early 1990s and who were vanquished by the Taliban because of their corruption and perfidy are back on their thrones, poised to exercise power in the ways they always have.
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I don't want to comment on certain sensitive aspects to our efforts in this border region. I think it is fair to say, number one, that my principle is if we've got actual war intelligence on high-ranking al-Qaeda leaders, or for those matter high-ranking Taliban leaders who are directing actions against...
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recent Taliban recruit who ended up in Karachi as part of an extended safe house system that was sheltering all Arabs from arrest, and not just those who were committed to al-Qaeda
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You know, that was actually, probably, the most emotional speech that I've made, in terms of how I felt about it, because I was looking out over a group of cadets, some of whom were going to be deployed in Afghanistan, and potentially some might not come back
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The President has, for the first time, laid out what he thinks is our clear national interest: defeating al-Qaeda and stabilising Pakistan
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We will know by the end of December 2010 whether or not the approach that General McChrystal (top US commander in Afghanistan) has discussed in terms of securing population centres is meeting its objectives
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Yes, and our focus should be Pakistan and al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Pakistan's nuclear weapons
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This is this is the heart of it. This is where bin Laden is. This is where its allies are. It's from here that you see attacks launched not just against the United States, but against London [ Images ], against Bali, against a whole host of countries
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He's been a tremendous asset for our whole region ... He and my dad (the late state Rep. John Bragg) were close compatriots, working in the Democratic Party for the greater good of not only our district but Tennessee to bring the type of economic development which has put Tennessee on sound fiscal footi...
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The stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed Pakistan, because we know that al Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them
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I Wanna Be On® has been monitoring whether or not President Obama adds celebrity to The White House, Steve Jobs adds celebrity to Apple, The Weinsteins add celebrity to film financing, or Tiger Woods adds celebrity to golf
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But we will have signalled the fact that increasingly we are turning over responsibility for Afghanistan to the Afghans
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I hope President Obama didn’t mean it the way it came across
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With the American people as overwhelming opposed to this bill as they are, for the Democrats to basically arrogantly take the position that we're going to ignore public opinion and jam this through before Christmas, I think that's really a stretch
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Congress took a major step forward by providing $30 million in funding for new FBI agents, federal prosecutors, and local and state law enforcement grants to protect American jobs and creativity by cracking down on the theft of movies and other intellectual property
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You know, that was actually, probably, the most emotional speech that I've made, in terms of how I felt about it, because I was looking out over a group of cadets, some of whom were going to be deployed in Afghanistan, and potentially some might not come back
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I Wanna Be On® has been monitoring whether or not President Obama adds celebrity to The White House, Steve Jobs adds celebrity to Apple, The Weinsteins add celebrity to film financing, or Tiger Woods adds celebrity to golf
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We will know by the end of December 2010 whether or not the approach that General McChrystal (top US commander in Afghanistan) has discussed in terms of securing population centres is meeting its objectives
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I hope President Obama didn’t mean it the way it came across
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This is this is the heart of it. This is where bin Laden is. This is where its allies are. It's from here that you see attacks launched not just against the United States, but against London [ Images ], against Bali, against a whole host of countries
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Congress took a major step forward by providing $30 million in funding for new FBI agents, federal prosecutors, and local and state law enforcement grants to protect American jobs and creativity by cracking down on the theft of movies and other intellectual property
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The stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed Pakistan, because we know that al Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them
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Weve got to ask ourselves why, eight years after 11 September, nobody has been able to spot or detain or get close to Osama bin Laden, nobodys been able to get close to Zawahiri, the number two in Al Qaida.
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But we will have signalled the fact that increasingly we are turning over responsibility for Afghanistan to the Afghans
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In the course of the last several months since the stimulus vote, I have traveled the state, surveyed the sentiments of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania, done public opinion polls, observed other public opinion poll, and have found that the prospects for winning a Republican primary are bleak.
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With the American people as overwhelming opposed to this bill as they are, for the Democrats to basically arrogantly take the position that we're going to ignore public opinion and jam this through before Christmas, I think that's really a stretch
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In order for us to eradicate the problem, to really go after Al Qaeda, in an effective way, we are going to need more cooperation from Pakistan ... There is no doubt about that.
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As I said, Republicans, all of us, have far more serious concerns about the bill than that, and they've been expressed even by those Republicans who have been heavily courted by the White House
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That was actually probably the most emotional speech that I've made, in terms of how I felt about it. Because I was looking out over a group of cadets, some of whom were going to be deployed in Afghanistan. And potentially some might not come back
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With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen we thought the future polar bear population was a kind of newsworthy bet ... We are next going to offer odds on carbon dioxide emissions.
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Your honor, the rabbi ... I’m the president of the United States. I have the power to send troops to Afghanistan, the economy is in crisis here, and then there’s Iran’s uranium. And we haven’t even mentioned the healthcare issue.
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Housing these terrorist detainees in Illinois brings with it a host of security concerns that the administration seems more intent on dismissing than addressing. Even today, the White House is rushing to close the deal before the people of Illinois have had a chance to weigh the true cost of this plan a...
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welcomes China's efforts in playing a greater role on the world stage
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I don't really know what to think right now. Too angry to think straight. After a very long campaign, we had appeared to secure a deal that I thought was acceptable. We promptly get stabbed in the back by none other than Joe Lieberman (and the CBO, btw), and then just as promptly told by the White House...
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In light of the Cultural Revolution's horrors, [Richard] Nixon's meeting with Mao appeared inexcusable -- and yet it surely helped set China on a path where millions of its citizens have been lifted from poverty and connected to open societies
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A vote in favor of this amendment would allow Obama to keep his tax pledge. Any Senator who votes against this amendment believes that Obama knowingly lied his way into office
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if we’d had clearer rules of the road for Wall Street and actually enforced them
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A vote in favor of this amendment would allow Obama to keep his tax pledge. Any Senator who votes against this amendment believes that Obama knowingly lied his way into office
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Absolutely — aw, come on please ... You know, it’s like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
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