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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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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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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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.
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New information shows that the web of Pinochet accounts in the U.S. was far more extensive, went on far longer and involved more banks than was previously disclosed.
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That means political unity, which is absolutely essential to defeat the insurgency, does not exist in Iraq, ... Meet the Press.
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talk directly to the North Koreans. That's what's been missing. ... It has led to real failure in these policies. The nuclear threat is increasing from North Korea as a result.
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We set that date without getting the support of the U.N. We set that unilaterally. And we now are trying hard to get the U.N. involved. But without the support of the international community, that date could really backfire on us,
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What we do is leave that up to the court if it finds that there's coercion.