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
It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.
I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.
The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.
It was not just inappropriate behavior
My view is that you never argue with the customer about your name.
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
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.
There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?
We're $5 billion or $6 billion short of getting people trained to a level that would make me comfortable.
I would not say 'impossible,' ... But, boy, it feels awfully close to it.
I love Gerhard, ... We've talked to one another over the past 32 years. He's never expressed anything of the kind to me over that period of time.
It was not a secret to our commanding officer about what happened that night,
We expected it to be a very difficult mission, and we met some people we believed were the outpost and we killed them,