Norm Coleman
Norm Coleman
Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr.,is an American lobbyist, lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2003 until 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a Senator, he was Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Coleman became a Republican in 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
I come as an advocate of a strong United Nations. If you believe in reform, it's going to be very hard if the guy leading the charge is stained.
If we're to get to the bottom of this, if there's to be any credibility, the person that was at the helm during the course of this thing cannot be the guy that Paul Volcker reports to, cannot be the guy that we go asking for help and assistance in getting the people we need to talk to, ... He needs to step back, step down for the credibility of the organization itself.
If the guy leading the charge is stained with a record of incompetence, of mismanagement, of fraud, it's going to make it very hard for him to do the heavy lifting required,
You've got the right guy in the right place at the right time.
The state has suffered a very grievous loss today.
Is it going to become a vehicle for global taxation of domain names? Are you going to allow folks who have demonstrated a pattern of suppression of content, are they going to be put in charge of running this thing?
The world will never be able to learn the full extent of the bribes, kickbacks and under-the-table payments that occurred under the U.N.'s collective nose while Annan is in charge.
Ensuring the security of our global supply chain is critical to homeland security since maritime trade accounts for over 25 percent of the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) and many experts believe that terrorists are likely to exploit the inherent vulnerabilities of the global supply chain for their nefarious purposes.
that when it's time for them to retire, there's going to be something there for them.
We need long-term reforms that can only be achieved from the outside looking in.
We have what we would call the smoking gun.
We have what I think we call the smoking gun, ... The additional evidence clearly demonstrates the testimony Mr. Galloway provided the sub-committee was false and misleading.
We take very seriously the importance of testifying honestly before this committee,
to get a better sense of her qualifications.