Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiffis the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district. He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Schiff represented the 27th and 29th Districts between 2003 and 2013, which included the areas of Alhambra, Altadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park and Pasadena. In 2010, his district was re-districted to include new areas including Hollywood, Echo Park, Hollywood Hills, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Los Feliz, Silver...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 June 1960
CountryUnited States of America
Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.
I think Barack Obama has the overall right strategy and he's been right to resist bringing in massive numbers of American troops. The Iraqis would love to have Americans die for Iraq and the Syrians would love to have Americans die for Syria.
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.
I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.
Whether we kept a certain number of troops there or pulled out completely, if we can't get the Maliki government to include a large segment of its population in its security forces and protection, then the small amount of forces that we would have left there might have slowed this day, but they wouldn't have prevented it altogether.
is a sacred obligation to ensure our country honors the past; there is no dispute that what happened to the Armenian people constitutes genocide.
Our soldiers are the foundation of the nation's security and they must have the tools they need to defend themselves and this nation.
It aims for a critical mass of diversity so that under-represented minority students do not feel isolated or like spokespersons for their race.
Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system.
The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.
Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.
Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.
Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.