John Lehman
John Lehman
John Francis Lehman, Jr.is an American investment banker and writer who served as Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration where he promoted the creation of a 600-ship Navy. From 2003 to 2004 he was a member of the 9/11 Commission...
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There was work to be done and somebody needed to do it. It was a load the family didn't need to be baring.
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This is the classic confrontation you see in Washington ... because the president now has been challenged directly by the leadership of the Congress and by the lobbyists and by the bureaucracy, ... American Morning.
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None of this is rocket science. None of it is in the 'too hard' category.
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Our recommendations are not a Chinese menu, ... They are a whole system. If all of the important elements are not adopted, it makes it very difficult for the others to succeed.
political side
everything we come out with, one side or the other seizes on to make a political point.
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The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
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There is a train coming down the track. There are going to be very real changes made.