Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Robertsis the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997. He previously served as the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 April 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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So far, there appears to be no evidence of intelligence personnel that directed any of the abuses, but the investigation does continue to date, and the investigation is open, ... We intend to remain very much engaged.
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At the request of my colleagues, ... I have directed staff to examine Undersecretary Bolton's use of intelligence and after careful review, the Senate Intelligence Committee continues to find no evidence of abuse. I am prepared to assist in any reasonable effort to examine the facts, but an examination of upwards of 40 names appears to be an effort to preserve the issue, not to resolve it.
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This is not the type of responsibility that can be delegated to mid-level officials, ... He should have told the president, and it appears that he failed to do so.
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You don't want to have a situation where you have capability that doesn't work well with the FISA court, in terms of speed and agility and hot pursuit. So we have to solve that problem.
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This is not a subject that we ought to be talking about daily in regards to a confirmation hearing. If anything, it ought to be talked about in executive session. But it's not, it's out, and so there you have it.
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And so, basically, we're making a lot of progress,
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I think it says something about the spirit of Kansas and of America that we can talk about the financial challenges facing our own farmers and at the same time ask for -- and get -- help for those even worse off, ... Only in America. Especially in Kansas.
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That's not the way to run the Intelligence Committee. We have really politicized it, and I think that's most unfair.
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especially with the high cost of energy already an enormous burden for our farmers and ranchers.
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I just counted up 18 new federal programs. He's an Energizer bunny for federal programs.
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I will not be surprised at any military action that would lead to the possibility that we have now finally killed Saddam Hussein,
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I think we ought to take it down -- take the damn thing down,
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Curveball really provided 98 percent of the assessment as to whether or not the Iraqis had a biological weapon,
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I think we ought to be using all of our capabilities in terms of collecting the intelligence we need,