Max Cleland
Max Cleland
Joseph Maxwell "Max" Clelandis an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous actions in combat, and a former U.S. Senator. He was also Administrator of Veterans Affairs. From 2003 to 2007 he served on the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a presidentially-appointed position. He has served as Secretary of the American Battle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 August 1942
CountryUnited States of America
This thing went south fast. One side defends, the other side finger-points, and you get nowhere.
We gave you the authority to go after those who came after us,
The American consumer is not chopped liver, ... We ought to know about these things.
We want George Bush to put up or shut up, ... Stand up to the plate and say, 'This is wrong. An attack on valorous service of a fellow American is wrong.' And he's behind it, and his campaign is behind it.
We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.
Young men and women are dying and being blown up at the very moment the American people are going the other way,
Deployments have increased some 300 percent, and the military has been decreased by a third: Hello, good morning -- you can't keep that up forever, ... Sooner or later you're going to get people stressed out, spread too thin around the world, and they just won't put up with it anymore.
The Bush campaign is trying to define John Kerry now, but for my money, the defining moment was 35 years ago when both of these young men, graduating from Yale from favored families, had a defining moment in their lives, ... John choose to volunteer and serve his country and risk his life doing so. George Bush did not.
The Bush administration's plan for victory is not working,
The Bush administration needs to step up to the plate. It's time to face the truth. It's time for a strategy to win in Iraq or a strategy to get out,
I think it's a little bit of gilding the lily,
I think it's what we need -- it's the air cover, air dominance vehicle of the 21st century,
He was a true, honest-to-goodness statesmen and a real, real dear friend of mine. I mourn his loss. There are a lot of tears on the floor of the Senate today.
He has not suffered. He has not sacrificed for his country, and he doesn't understand those who have.