John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroftis an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General, in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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It is time to separate fully our service to legal immigrants who help build America ... from our enforcement against illegal aliens who violate the laws of America.
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for every one of us who were changed forever by this horrible tragedy.
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for anyone who's in a leadership position to stand mute and silent in the face of the kind of conduct that's been described here is to implicitly endorse that conduct.
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It's pretty clear that the networks that conduct these kinds of events are harbored and supported, sustained, protected by a variety of foreign governments, ... And it's time for those governments to understand with crystal clarity that the United States of America will not tolerate that kind of support for networks that would inflict that kind of damage on the American people.
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It takes courage to come forward in situations like this and I urge anyone with information that may be helpful to the authorities to use these resources,
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It's very unlikely that all of those associated with the attacks of September 11 are now detained or have been detected, ... And that's why we need the kind of robust surveillance capacity that's provided for in the legislation. It's time for Congress to act.
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It's very important, because in most cases where children are seriously hurt or killed, they are killed during the early hours of the abduction, ... And so we want to have the alert not only be a substantial and broad alert, but it has to happen early and quickly. That's why it's important we have this additional funding and this coordination at the national level.
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That quotation, ... was about my view that our party should set a clear agenda. I would expect others on the other side to come forward with a liberal agenda. It is in the collision of ideas -- that is the process by which we get legislation. Those differences enhance the quality of what we do.
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It may well be that we have opportunists in the United States or terrorists in the United States who are acting in ways that are unrelated.
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A calculated, malignant, devastating evil has arisen in our world.
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support a budget that does not come back and honor the agreement which we made with the leadership about substantially increased tax relief for the American people.
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It's important that we have available the most serious penalties in a setting like this, ... I believe that the ultimate sanction ought to be available here.
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It's clear to me that terrorists seize opportunities and they'll strike us any time they feel like they have the capacity of striking us,
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It needs to stop, ... Every American has a right to look to law enforcement officials to protect their rights.