Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschleis a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 December 1947
action consider premature
I think it would be premature to consider any other action in Iraq.
action against attacks center cowardly none send september takes trade troops voted
On September 14th, we voted unanimously to send our troops into action against the perpetrators of the cowardly and heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was our constitutional duty, and it is one that none of us takes lightly,
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It again demonstrates why we have to address the infrastructure of our intelligence-gathering analysis and the actions that are taken as a result of that analysis, ... We've got a lot of work to do, and this is just the most recent reminder that we've got a problem here and it's got to be fixed and it's got to be done this year.
action assumption available course military
It would not be my assumption that the military course is the only action available to (the president) today,
actions again apparently cases connection direct given illness impression issue mail safety
So those two actions have apparently at least given us the impression (that the mail safety issue is being addressed. Again as I say, we can't really make any direct connection between any of these actions, but no new cases of illness have been reported,
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This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens.
action affected course directly simply staff support wise
I support that decision, ... Many of my staff are directly affected and I think it is a wise course of action simply because of the unknowns, because of the uncertainty.
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this ought to be reviewed very carefully... with regard to what it was we knew, what actions were taken, what statements were correct, and which ones were incorrect. The sooner we can acquire that information the better for the country.
activity agreed agreement certainly last somewhat spirit surprised
I'm very disappointed and somewhat surprised that there has been that kind of activity this early, ... It certainly violates the spirit of the agreement that we just all agreed to last week.
actions
Actions are not just physical. Actions are sometimes verbal.
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This may be the first budget in history that wasn't just dead on arrival -- it was dead before arrival.
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If we can't even figure out how it was that they enacted the threats or moved through that attack, and if we can't evaluate why we were as vulnerable as we were -- if we can't evaluate how it was the last 9/11 happened -- how is it that we can prepare for the next one?
large last measure permissive relationship
That cozy, permissive relationship has to end, and he in large measure has orchestrated that over he last 18 months,
heavy since toughest
This is the toughest thing we've had to do since impeachment. It's really heavy lifting.