Carl Levin
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levinis a former United States Senator from Michigan, having served from 1979 to 2015. He was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1934
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result
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Our commanders in the field have consistently told us that there will not be a military victory over the insurgency without a political coming-together of the major Iraqi groups.
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Merrill knew full well that Enron was trying to structure deals so that debt was hidden off balance sheet and cash flow was manufactured,
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We've got to be willing to take a good hard look at ourselves and not leave all these gaps.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably
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It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact that several Iraqi army divisions have melted away.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist
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The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror
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Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients
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When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security