Carl Levin
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levinis a former United States Senator from Michigan, having served from 1979 to 2015. He was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1934
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist
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The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror
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The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world
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If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.
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Our commanders in the field have consistently told us that there will not be a military victory over the insurgency without a political coming-together of the major Iraqi groups.
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Enron's deceptions were shocking, and equally shocking was the extent to which respected U.S. financial institutions like Chase, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch helped Enron carry out its deceptions and mislead investors and analysts about the company's finances,
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Seeking the support of the world community is not giving the U.N. a veto. It is getting strength and credibility should force be needed,
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There's nothing but foot-dragging relative to the investigation, ... There's a lot of evidence that the administration went way beyond the intelligence that was provided to them.
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Merrill knew full well that Enron was trying to structure deals so that debt was hidden off balance sheet and cash flow was manufactured,
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We've got to be willing to take a good hard look at ourselves and not leave all these gaps.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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We need to devise a way to effectively inspect these trash shipments and if there is no way to inspect them adequately, we simply should not allow them into this country.