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Warren Rudman

(1930–2012) Politician United States

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Warren Rudman was a politician from the United States, best known for Combat:.

Quick Facts About Warren Rudman

Born: May 18, 1930
Died: November 19, 2012
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Combat:

About Warren Rudman

Warren Bruce Rudman was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that President Clinton approached him in 1994 about replacing departing Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen in Clinton's cabinet, an offer that Rudman declined.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Presidential Citizens Medal Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Quotes by Warren Rudman

Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from…

Country

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What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens…

Country

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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this…

Anywhere

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Politics is too important to be left to politicians.

Important

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The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be…

Communication

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Supreme Court opinion notwithstanding, corporations are not defined as people under the Constitution, and free speech can hardly be called free when…

Communication

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The two things that could have been better is number one, to get major military force into the community almost immediately to…

Almost

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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge…

Airports

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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to…

Blame

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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress…

Aggravation

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We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's…

America

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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.

Everyone

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If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural…

Act

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And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.

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The blame for [the national debt] lies with the Congress and the President, with Democrats and Republicans alike, most all of whom…

American people

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This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every…

Bad thing

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It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you…

Bad idea

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The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it be natural or a terrorist…

About

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We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen.

Attention

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