Janet Reno
Janet Reno
Janet Wood Renoserved as the Attorney General of the United States, from 1993 to 2001. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11, 1993. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1938
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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Well, as you have realized on a number of occasions, I get damned if I do and damned if I don't. And the important thing is to try to make sure that we recognize that it is a matter of state law in most cases, that each state conducts its elections according to state law, and that we do not interfere unless there is a basis for federal jurisdiction,
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We had a situation where there were very few people outside the house that morning. We had the situation where, if we did not go, people were sure to find out that we were prepared to go, and the crowd would gather and keep a vigil and make it more difficult for the future,
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We're not here to generate controversy. We're here to do what's right and to make sure that the voice of the American people that has spoken is heard fairly,
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My position is that we review and review and review to try to see if there's anything we would do differently, try to learn from it. What I want to try to do is make sure that things are as open as possible.
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I want to make sure we do everything we can to support the Yemeni police and that we have the people on the scene that are necessary to support all investigative efforts,
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In some instances, local prosecutors and investigators do not have the resources to proceed and it is a difficult process trying to make sure there is funding. In other instances there's an unwillingness to proceed,
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I congratulated him on his nomination. I told him that I wanted to make sure that the transition, whenever it was appropriate, was done as smoothly as possible, and if there were any problems from his perspective to let me know, and he was very gracious,
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We will utilize all law enforcement options if appropriate under the 11th Circuit order,
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We will not back down in the face of terrorism, ... We'll carry on and do our duty to the country and the people, and we will not be intimidated by terrorism.
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We expect the laws to be enforced, ... If people flimflam us, they should expect the consequences.
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I've offered everything short of giving the committee grand jury information and information which would damage the investigation,
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These shootings appear to have been motivated by hate,
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The (Senate) bill has languished in conference for nine months while over 20,000 people have been killed by gunfire in America. That's just simply plain, outrageously wrong,
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I should have no comment on any personnel decision until I have had a chance to meet with the cabinet members in question and work through all the decisions.