Jack Reed
Jack Reed
John Francis Reed, known as Jack Reed, is the senior United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1949
CityCranston, RI
CountryUnited States of America
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Mr. Secretary, you're dissembling, non-responsive, ... Anybody would say putting a bag over someone's head for 72 hours -- which is sensory deprivation.
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Seventy-two hours without regular sleep, sensory deprivation -- which would be a bag over your head for 72 hours -- do you think that's humane?
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We have to be prepared for a long involvement. We have to do it not just rhetorically. We have to have the resources, we have to expand our army, our Marine Corps, we have to provide them with the best equipment possible, ... There's lots of things we can do.
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When you go into the first grade you have to get up early.
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We're not a big corporation - we're not a Wal-Mart, not that we're taking shots at them, because they're a great operation, ... But we have more flexibility, which is both a strength and weakness of our store.
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We ask these young men and women to sacrifice themselves, to give their lives, ... I believe it's part of that leadership of that department that the secretary of defense would personally write these letters, personally sign them at least.
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We tend to take it for granted, ... We haven't invested some money at the federal level, or most particularly, the state level, to have the infrastructure to deliver these vaccines.
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I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.
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My fear is that there's pressure in the United States that is forcing us to re-evaluate our position rather than what's happening on the ground in Iraq,
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No, no, answer the question, Mr. Secretary. Is that humane?
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One of the lessons of 9/11 is that you can't assume we are invulnerable, ... There is still a very serious threat that these terrorist groups are going to get access to nuclear devices.
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If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.
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I'm at a loss to understand why they adopted this extreme legal procedure.
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On a daily basis, we are seeing not just attacks against coalition forces and security forces of Iraq, we are seeing a situation in many places which is beyond chaotic to the point which the Iraqi people are quickly beginning to assume that we not only are occupying but we are inept occupiers.