Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore Jr.is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Chosen as Clinton's running mate in their successful 1992 campaign, he was reelected in 1996. At the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2000. After leaving office, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As long as we need to spend billions of dollars each year to buy foreign oil from state-run oil companies in the Persian Gulf, our problems of a trade deficit, a budget deficit and a climate crisis will persist.
When you look at what has happened over the last few decades the natural fluctuations point in the opposite direction of what has actually occurred. When they run the models and plug in the man-made pollution, the correspondence is exact. Beyond that, the scale of natural fluctuations has now been far exceeded by the impact of man-made global warming.
We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.
If you are with your running mate on stage and the crowd is cheering, you know, you just say whatever is on your mind.
There are a number of moves that we have been observing in the region, ... It's a complex situation requiring us to consult fully with our allies and to observe the situation carefully.
When children reach for a piece of food, parents deserve to have a peace of mind,
We're not letting up until we see facts on the ground, ... They've got to withdraw, and they've got to start the process in such a substantial way as to make it clear they're going to go all the way through with the commitments they've made.
This time, Gore didn't roll his eyes. He kept his head still. He didn't sigh. It was a quieter effect. But it also seemed very contrived. He lost some of his statesmanship this time because he was too polite and making an effort not to appear aggressive.
We want to do all we can to encourage trade and investment here, so American businesses can be an active partner in your growth and recovery,
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to mend some fences, both literally and figuratively.
As the campaign moves forward and when appropriate, I will have more to say about this.
At the base of our involvement in research lies the trust of American people and the integrity of the scientific exercise.