Carl Levin Quotes

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• It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact that…
• We shouldn't knee jerk anything. The Iraqi government a few years back, when they had a chance to sign an agreement that would keep some…
• We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.
• The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and…
• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror
• Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients
• When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the…
• The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security
• It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life…
• Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war…
• While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that…
• The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world
• I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed…
• Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.
• If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and…
• We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has…
• We should be hell bent on getting those weapons of mass destruction, hell bent on having a credible approach to them, but we should try…
• There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure…
• If our intelligence is either manipulated or if it's shaded or if in some way it is exaggerated, it is very, very dangerous for us,…
• Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

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