"We were told by the president that we……" — Jay Rockefeller
"We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction posed, but to date, these weapons have not been found."
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13 Quotes by Jay Rockefeller
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There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons…
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It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and…
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Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to…
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One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our…
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We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved…
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One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the…
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Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that.
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Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of…
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For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs…
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I don't think so, and that's partly the problem of not checking cargo, and it's partly the problem of biological…
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Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same…
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The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While…
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