We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
The White House was signaling that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was of such urgency that it had priority over the crushing of al Qaeda. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq – a war more than a year away. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody’s been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America’s 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
Its fundamentally unfair to have so much of the tax relief go to so few. And it is a 10-year tax plan rather than one, as mine, focused on the next two years, which in my opinion is the critical time to jumpstart the economy. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
There is no doubt that . Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix
During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline. Help us to share this great article. Your friends will appreciate it! Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Flipboard Tumblr Mix