Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams
Former Mayor of the District of Columbia who served two terms from 1999 to 2007. While Mayor he notably ran budget surpluses every year and brought the city back into the financial black.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 July 1951
CityLos Angeles, CA
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Congress has the duty to see that local government, your first line of response, has the resources to help the federal government execute a homeland security strategy, ... You can't do that with nothing.
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Our strength is probably our hitting and blocking because we're strong hitters and we leap well, ... We need to work on our setting and our floor movement, being where we need to be on the court.
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Our first priority is to be able to respond effectively to the emergency situations as they arise,
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People need to understand that National Guard members are not trained police officers and they don't instantly become trained police officers, ... They are not familiar with arrest procedures, weapons training or equipment typically used by police, so we are legitimately concerned about liability. However, the mayor made the decision to accommodate the request since Congress asked for it.
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Standing together, we won't let a coward like this disrupt our way of life.
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I was hit by a car about four or five times, and the only reason I'm here is because God is really looking out for me. I have really no reason to be here, I mean talking about four or five times.
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I think she left a legacy in setting a tone for the First Amendment, ... We've lost a great one.
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We boxed out, played defense and kicked it out for the 3s. When we did that, it opened things up for us.
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We are going to stand together with the mothers and citizens to call on our city, to call on our Congress, to call on our states to do what it takes to end the cycle of gun violence,
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If we go 9-1, it's all for naught if we don't beat Rainier Beach.
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have shown great poise and discipline throughout this episode.
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What I've started doing more and more is eat some cereal with skim milk before I go to the big event, and I try to cut back on the surf and turf.
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Were hoping to try and arrange a game for Chris Lumsdon just to try and get him some match practice. Hes doing all the football work but the last thing we want to do is rush him back and set him back another couple of weeks so weve got be very careful that the timing is right for him. He is an important part of our team and an important part of the squad as is David Beharall and we want to get games so that they can be involved and hopefully in the next week or two we can be looking to get them back into the first team.
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Sean Kelly's a beast, we all know that. I mean the kid runs the ball like an animal. He's hard to tackle.