Timothy Roemer
Timothy Roemer
Timothy John "Tim" Roemeris an American political figure who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Subsequently he was the president of the Center for National Policy, a Washington, D.C-based national security think tank. He served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 2009 to 2011. Roemer currently serves on the advisory board of Washington, D.C. based non-profit America Abroad Media...
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The federal government's response to this natural disaster has been inexcusable, ... They should form a commission to look into the mistakes.
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has talked about well-intentioned reform but has not delivered it.
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Fs and Ds and incompletes aren't the American ideal and the American standard of excellence, not when it comes to protecting our people. We can do better. We must do better than that.
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This kind of grade -- unfulfilled, insufficient, minimal progress -- those grades are failing grades ... That is an unacceptable response.
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The White House and the Congress took off with the baton . . . but they haven't finished running the race. The fundamental job of the government is to protect and defend its citizens, and at this point, the United States is still very vulnerable.
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We should not go down the slippery slope of what other countries might do to terrorize detainees.