Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey
Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerreyis an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietnam War as a United States Navy SEAL officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat. During the action for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he was severely wounded, precluding further naval service...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 August 1943
CityLincoln, NE
CountryUnited States of America
We don't understand why a surveillance opportunity wasn't granted. If the Justice Department isn't at fault, then the process is at fault.
We expected it to be a very difficult mission, and we met some people we believed were the outpost and we killed them,
We're all seeing the same thing - our students, our staff and our faculty are asking that we provide quality facilities. They matter. They affect the decision to come, the decision to stay and the quality of the work while you're here.
(We) went on and took fire where we expected this meeting to occur, and we returned very lethal fire. And when the firing was over, all we had was women and children that were dead.
We're $5 billion or $6 billion short of getting people trained to a level that would make me comfortable.
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.
Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?
There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.
When I say be skeptical of everything I mean it. Just because someone was elected to do a job doesn't mean that person has any idea of what they're doing.
I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.
My view is that you never argue with the customer about your name.