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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continue economic full government helping iraqi maintain rebuild security support
We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training the Iraqi security forces.
appears continue directed evidence intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals intend personnel remain
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.
damn ought
I think we ought to take it down -- take the damn thing down,
ought
I think we ought to raze that prison,
collecting intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals ought terms using
I think we ought to be using all of our capabilities in terms of collecting the intelligence we need,
coronation pardon pleasure
It has been a pleasure to participate in your coronation -- ah, pardon me, your confirmation.
chain civilian defense leadership secretary ultimately
I think ultimately you have to go right up the chain to the secretary of defense or to the civilian leadership of the military,
agreed best complete intelligence phase reference review
We have agreed to do what we already agreed to do, ... and that is to complete as best we can phase two of the Intelligence Committee's review of prewar intelligence in reference to Iraq.
agreed
We have agreed, ... to do what we already agreed to do.
bewildered circumstance confused shocked somewhat
I think he was confused and somewhat bewildered at first, somewhat shocked at his circumstances,
decision early holiday kansas present producers
Kansas producers got an early present this holiday with the long overdue decision by Japan.
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Terrorists select their targets and mode of attack in order to maximize the political impact of the attack. And, because terrorists seek to call attention to whatever misguided cause they are pursuing, they need to escalate their attacks making each more spectacular and more horrific than its predecessor.
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I think, quite frankly, what happened is they had a leadership meeting the night before, they looked at the Scooter Libby situation, they thought the situation was right, and so they pull a stunt like this, not letting anybody know they're going to go into a secret session,