Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specterwas an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented his state in the Senate for 30 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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Thoroughness would be the objective, as opposed to meeting any timetable,
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The president of the United States has the fundamental responsibility to protect the country. The president does not have a blank check.
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There have already been indications from members of the court about their liking the fact that Judge Roberts is going to be the new chief justice.
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Finally, someone connected to the Administration knows how to keep his trap shut. If only some of that would rub off on Barbara Bush.
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But not on this conversation. We've had it. I've had it.
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We ought to get to the bottom of it so it can be evaluated by the American people.
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We shouldn't be playing second fiddle to South Korea or anyone else,
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The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, ... recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent Americans, American institutions, and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the aircraft they were aboard could not be used as a weapon.
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The president was noncommittal. The body language was not very positive.
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The President was considering doing something presidential to try to focus attention away from -- his own personal problems.
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When you have a decision which has been in effect for decades and people have come to rely upon it,
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We've got the potential for enormous advances in medical science, and we should utilize them,
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When we take a look at the budget for the National Institutes of Health at $28 billion, it is, candidly, scandalous that with our resources, our resource capability, research capability in biomedical science, that people are still dying of breast cancer or colon cancer or heart disease.
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was the complexity of a Supreme Court nomination hearing because of there are a lot of complicated issues.