Jane Harman
Jane Harman
Jane Margaret Lakes Harmanis the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She succeeded former Congressman Lee Hamilton and is the first woman to lead the 45-year-old “living memorial” to America’s 28th President...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1945
CountryUnited States of America
We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.
I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.
But as I often say, terrorists wont check our party registration before they blow us up.
When you put your mind to it, you usually find that there is a way to achieve what you want after all.
The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.
Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.
At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.
So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.
I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities.
Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.
What we found was some successes, lots of good people, but real gaps in performance,