Administration Quote by Benjamin Wittes

I've said this before and I'm very proud of it, that when it comes to judgment, having run a hard race against Senator [Barack]…

— Hillary Clinton

A lot of my opposition to President Obama's policies had behind them 5, 6, 7 years of bad policies that made America less safe in my regard.

— Tom Cotton

I know what the counterterrorism feels like because I was there. But I also operated within limits. And within the United States government, we've…

— Barack Obama

I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or…

— George W. Bush

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security…

— John Poindexter

I have personally been subjected to hate speech and threats because of my support for President Trump's reelection.

— Vernon Jones

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S.…

— George McGovern

Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy…

— Anonymous

Virtually every one of the most far-right neocon Bush officials - including Dick Cheney himself - has spent years now praising Obama for continuing…

— Glenn Greenwald

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did,…

— Rosalynn Carter

I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus…

— Paul Bremer

I think I've done more right than wrong on foreign policy. I've criticized the president for being weak and indecisive. I've been a problem…

— Lindsey Graham