Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey
Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerreyis an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietnam War as a United States Navy SEAL officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat. During the action for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he was severely wounded, precluding further naval service...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 August 1943
CityLincoln, NE
CountryUnited States of America
We expected it to be a very difficult mission, and we met some people we believed were the outpost and we killed them,
We don't understand why a surveillance opportunity wasn't granted. If the Justice Department isn't at fault, then the process is at fault.
The skills and methods of video games are becoming a part of our life and culture in so many ways that it is impossible to ignore.
I still don't believe that Congress and the Bush administration are giving enough to thwart a terror attack here or to train first responders in (the New York) region.
(We) went on and took fire where we expected this meeting to occur, and we returned very lethal fire. And when the firing was over, all we had was women and children that were dead.
Every person who has gone to war has struggled with the question of, 'did he do it right?' and I have struggled with that question privately since February of 1969,
We're all seeing the same thing - our students, our staff and our faculty are asking that we provide quality facilities. They matter. They affect the decision to come, the decision to stay and the quality of the work while you're here.
There are going to be in the short term terrifying, confusing moments (like) attacks on Iraqi police headquarters. The intent (by the opposition) is to produce destabilization, to cause people to say let's get out of here, they don't like us.... I don't think the U.S. is going to cut and run.
It was not a secret to our commanding officer about what happened that night,
It's very important for Americans to put the size of this threat in perspective, ... Just as it is a terrible mistake to underestimate a threat, and I think we underestimated a threat of espionage by the Chinese all the way through the 1980s and the 1990s, it is also a big risk for us to overestimate the threat. This is not the worst case of espionage in the 20th century.
We're $5 billion or $6 billion short of getting people trained to a level that would make me comfortable.
The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.
It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.
The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.