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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Should (the information) have been shared if it could have prevented (the) 9/11 (attacks)?
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Had that information been shared with the FBI, which was trying to get it, 9/11 might have been prevented,
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The breadth and scope of the proposed amendments are such that they will not only have serious, adverse economic and practical implications for legitimate industries but could very likely place (the current reporting law) into a questionable constitutional stature which would threaten to undermine our shared goal of protecting children from exploitation,
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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,
there has been no impropriety on your part.
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There has been a generalization that justices like to retire at the end of a term so as not to disrupt the work of the court, ... if you were to have a 4-4 court, with its proclivity for being evenly divided, you wouldn't have decisions for the cutting edge of all the questions.
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Why not go after both levels? ... Why not get tough? That's what Sen. Feinstein wants to do, and I think it's a good idea.
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Thoroughness would be the objective, as opposed to meeting any timetable,
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this was my case. I had organized, nurtured and developed it. I was the lead plaintiff and had participated in the legal preparation and court arguments at every stage.
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You have both sides poles apart and insistent on finding some answer to that question in advance of the hearing, which no one is entitled to, ... Late Edition.