Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Robertsis the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997. He previously served as the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 April 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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I think, quite frankly, what happened is they had a leadership meeting the night before, they looked at the Scooter Libby situation, they thought the situation was right, and so they pull a stunt like this, not letting anybody know they're going to go into a secret session,
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You don't want to have a situation where you have capability that doesn't work well with the FISA court, in terms of speed and agility and hot pursuit. So we have to solve that problem.
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especially with the high cost of energy already an enormous burden for our farmers and ranchers.
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Sooner or later they're going to have to be released. They'll come out piecemeal or you can have full transparency and get it over with.
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Curveball really provided 98 percent of the assessment as to whether or not the Iraqis had a biological weapon,
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We have some good young wrestlers. We'll be strong next year.
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We have agreed to do what we already agreed to do, ... and that is to complete as best we can phase two of the Intelligence Committee's review of prewar intelligence in reference to Iraq.
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We have agreed, ... to do what we already agreed to do.
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I think he was confused and somewhat bewildered at first, somewhat shocked at his circumstances,
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With our Reserve and Guard units playing increasingly important roles in the war on terror and in Iraq, it is unacceptable to make them jump through any unnecessary hurdles.
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I know there is moral outage in regard to Mr. Milosevic, and that is certainly justified. But what about our response?
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
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I can tell you, however, that the committee has yet to hear from any intelligence official expressing such concerns, ... If any officials believe, however, that they have been pressured to alter their assessment, they have an obligation, and I encourage them to contact the committee.