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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We will expend every effort and devote all the necessary resources to bring the people responsible for these acts -- these crimes -- to justice,
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I am confident ... that very serious effort is being given not only to the tape itself and whether or not it might represent the voice of bin Laden, but also to the content of the tape and what might be signaled in the wording of the tape,
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We owe it to the American people to make every effort to get these countries to live up to their obligations, ... We will pursue the full range of appropriate diplomatic measures.
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Our efforts have been crafted carefully to avoid infringing on constitutional rights, while saving American lives.
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We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort
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[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
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This settlement brings effective relief to the marketplace and ensures consumers have more choices in working with their computers, ... A competitive software industry is vital to our economy and effective antitrust enforcement is crucial in a constantly changing high-tech environment.
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We will find the people responsible for these cowardly acts and justice will be done,
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We will continue to greet our international neighbors with good will, ... Asking some neighbors and visitors to verify their activities while they are here is fully consistent with that outlook.
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We will continue to greet our international neighbors with good will.
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There hasn't been any evidence of abuse, according to the most recent statements I've seen out of the Congress, ... And of course, I don't believe we've had any abuse here.
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To those who pit Americans against immigrants, citizens against non-citizens, to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve,
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Yet, terrorists -- people who were either involved with, associated with, or are seeking to take advantage of the September 11 attacks -- are now poisoning our communities with anthrax.
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to assure the American people that they have a right to have confidence in our processes.