John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroftis an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General, in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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It is a unique set of circumstances that confront us, ... The Department of Justice must make special provisions to assist the needs of the survivors and victims' families in accordance with our responsibilities to carry out justice.
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what I can to accommodate the needs of these families.
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I intend to meet with these families shortly and confer with them before announcing a final decision ... on the way in which this matter will be conducted, ... But it is with a view toward meeting the needs of these families and being sensitive to their concerns that we will make this decision.
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We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort
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Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.
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It needs to stop, ... Every American has a right to look to law enforcement officials to protect their rights.
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Their basic needs are regarded, they have the right food, they have the right shelter, the right capacity to avoid injury,
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It is our goal to return parts of the Iraqi people's past. In doing so, we hope to return pieces of the Iraqi people's future.
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Just as neighborhood watch programs keep watch over their neighborhoods and report suspicious activity to law enforcement, Internet users now have a 'cyber community watch' program,
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jihad and the martyrdom style as the only choice for liberation.
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I think Congress will give him a courteous response. I think we are interested in the future. It would be a tragedy if we were displaced from doing our duty because the president is embroiled in this kind of circumstance,
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Well, I think the record is clear on it, ... I said that I didn't believe it was the agenda of the administration to unsettle what was settled law, and that, as the attorney general, I would be pursuing the agenda of the administration.
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We will rebuild New York, ... It's our nature, it's our spirit, it's our dedication, it's our commitment.
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Remain alert but defiant in the face of this new threat,