Richard Shelby
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelbyis the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated in 1961. After law school, he went on to serve as city prosecutor. During this period he worked as a U.S. Magistrate for the Northern District of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 May 1934
CountryUnited States of America
There was not anything in there that most of us on the committee didn't already know, ... I believe that this story that the president had strong information to act on -- that's a bogus story.
I don't believe he served the president well, ... I don't believe he served the nation well.
I believe that I have enough information -- that is, intelligence -- to make an informed decision this coming week on whether or not to support the president of the United States, ... Late Edition.
But this was the first strong message that the president put out like that, and I think he had to do it. He had no choice.
He passed the buck to no one. He accepted it in the mold of President Truman. He admitted a lot. He admitted that no one was prepared. And that means the federal government, the state and the local governments. He was very, very honest, upfront. I think this is a new beginning.
How we do it, when we do it, I don't know and I'm not even sure the president knows,
I support the president 100 percent - when hes right.
We believe we have crafted a bill that reflects the priorities of the committee as well as those of the entire Senate,
We've got a meeting next week with the attorney general, and we're going to carry it all the way to the White House if we have to, because this inquiry has to be done,
Throughout the life of this investigation, I have taken the position that I never knowingly disclosed any classified information. My position has not changed,
The process of what happened and how it happened was very troubling, and I think it tainted the whole situation.
There are thousands of these surface-to-air missiles around the world.
We had no specific warning of the United States being attacked, although people have alluded to that before,
I wish ... that the administration would agree to declassify a lot more of the report. Seventy percent -- or whatever the figure is -- is not enough. Probably you could go and declassify 90, 95 percent of it without any harm at all to national security. That would be my considered judgment.