Trent Lott
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott, Sr.is an American politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 October 1941
CityGrenada, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Our military isn't perfect, but it's about as close to perfect as humanly possible.
What is the rush? What's the difference between this Thursday and next Thursday?
I don't know that this is going to happen, but I expect that something specific would be asked of Congress before an overt action would occur, barring an emergency.
Look, the administration said months ago that we were caught napping in this area, that OPEC has run up the price, it's created problems,
The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.
We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.
I think I'd have to think about that,
It is a worry about maintaining a domestic industry, which I think has national security implications,
From what I've seen, I don't think you can trust the Chinese on any deal,
For the sake of getting this done, I would plead again to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle: Let's find a way to get an agreement to do aviation security. And then find a way to do these other issues that are all so important,
We've got to pay attention to the fact that morale is down, we are losing ground in readiness and on pay and pensions we are shortchanging them and they are getting out.
I agree with that, and I think the administration is looking seriously at that question, ... Face the Nation.
While Americans let something as minor as rain impede us from voting, Iraqis snubbed the possibility of death or injury, bravely voting, and sending America a big 'thank you' by their actions.
Y'all come back soon, but I hope that's not taken the wrong way and not for an occasion like this one,