Rush Holt
Rush Holt
agencies almost drawing experts fbi foreign hiring language pipeline progress
The CIA, FBI and other agencies have made some progress in identifying and hiring foreign language experts. But the pipeline doesn't really exist. They're drawing from an almost nonexistent pool,
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Heating costs are rising and the temperature is falling,
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If Osama bin Laden is still Public Enemy No. 1, we have a challenge to find him among Pashto-speaking people whose nuances we're poorly prepared to interpret.
debate education goes losing
Each day that this debate goes on, education is losing ground.
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They are trying to close the window on Fort Monmouth, but have left it open a crack.
critical thinking
tenets of critical thinking ... are weakened in our classrooms, we weaken our nation.
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Apparently there are those in the Pentagon who don't appreciate the work of Fort Monmouth, which is excellent and of the highest military value. There is a sense in the Pentagon that research and development can be purchased off the shelf.
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I would say the president has the power to help us get to the bottom of this matter. And we in Congress want to do this not so much for what has happened but to prevent such a thing from happening again.
action court including possible
We are not eliminating anything including possible court action.
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We think everybody is anxious and uncertain. We want to minimize uncertainty, ... We want to make sure people aren't reacting based on rumor. We want to learn from people what they need to know.
criminal oversight regardless responsibility
We have an oversight responsibility regardless of what criminal investigations may or may not be under way.