The issue of who joins NATO is an issue for NATO to decide.
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U.S. State Secretaries of State
Quotes from current and former U.S. state secretaries of state.
Current secretaries of state
ALWes AllenAlabama5 Quotes
KYMichael AdamsKentucky22 Quotes
NVCisco AguilarNevada11 Quotes
RIGregg AmoreRhode Island6 Quotes
DCKimberly BassettDistrict of Columbia
MEShenna BellowsMaine41 Quotes
MIJocelyn BensonMichigan153 Quotes
FLCord ByrdFlorida598 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
VTSarah Copeland-HanzasVermont
NEBob EvnenNebraska3 Quotes
AZAdrian FontesArizona49 Quotes
MABill GalvinMassachusetts2 Quotes
ILAlexi GiannouliasIllinois15 Quotes
WISarah GodlewskiWisconsin1 Quote
WYChuck GrayWyoming5 Quotes
COJena GriswoldColorado115 Quotes
TNTre HargettTennessee
NDMichael HoweNorth Dakota6 Quotes
VACandi KingVirginia2 Quotes
OHFrank LaRoseOhio18 Quotes
NCElaine MarshallNorth Carolina
INDiego MoralesIndiana11 Quotes
NYWalter MosleyNew York2 Quotes
TXJane NelsonTexas
NMMaggie Toulouse OliverNew Mexico33 Quotes
IAPaul PateIowa8 Quotes
DECharuni Patibanda-SanchezDelaware1 Quote
GABrad RaffenspergerGeorgia74 Quotes
ORTobias ReadOregon15 Quotes
NHDavid ScanlanNew Hampshire2 Quotes
PAAl SchmidtPennsylvania45 Quotes
KSScott SchwabKansas16 Quotes
MNSteve SimonMinnesota28 Quotes
Former secretaries of state
As significant as it is, as historic as it is, our bipartisan infrastructure law is part one of two. Part two of two is our Build Back Better Act.
Electing people who are trying to chip away at democracy as secretaries of state is like electing or putting in place an arsonist to oversee a Fire Department.
The misinformation, the lies have fueled real action. We`re seeing a three- part attack on elections.
We feel the weight of grief. Ahmaud Arbery should be alive. Ahmaud Arbery was a son. He was a brother. He was a friend. His life had meaning. We will not forget him. We honor him best by continuing the fight for justice.
These verdicts send an important message but the fact remains that we still have work to do that offense counsel chose to set a tone that casts the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanize the young black man…
The defense counsel chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers of the trial's intimidation and dehumanized a young black man with racist tropes. The jury arrived at its verdict despite this tactics.
I`m committed to ensuring that these attacks on democracy are unsuccessful, both in 2022 and beyond.
In 2020, democracy ultimately prevailed. The will of the people was protected, because good people on both sides of the aisle did the right thing and they followed the truth and the facts and they stood up to the conspiracy theorists.
The sanctions awarded today, they send an important message that if you blatantly misuse your authority and abuse the legal system to manipulate the public into thinking that our elections are anything but safe and secure, you`ll face…
The verdict really speaks for itself. As many of you know, I’ve spent a majority of my career working to make the criminal justice system more equitable and we have more work to do.
I was disappointed in the verdict, and that the verdict speaks for itself that she’s worked, you know, she as a former prosecutor work to make criminal justice of the criminal justice system more fair, and equitable, and that it’s clear…
Because of our work together, America is moving forward. And ultimately that is what infrastructure is all about.
The verdict really speaks for itself. As many of you know, I spent the majority of my career working to make this criminal justice system more equitable. And, clearly, there is a lot more work to do.
This bill, as significant as it is, as historic as it is, is part one of two.
Now this bill as significant as it is, as historic as it is, is part one of two. To lower cost and cut taxes for working families, to tackle the climate crisis at its core, Congress must also pass the Build Back Better Act. The work of…
We are here because of the millions of Americans who believed that we could get this done. Well, we got it done, America.
I think that`s exactly what`s happening. And we`re seeing a lot of these threats focused on Democratic women, secretaries of the state.
Oh, he asked me to recalculate or look. But we had facts on our side. We had the truth on our side. And that`s why I wrote 'Integrity Accounts,' to set the record straight.
I will continue to fight hard for election integrity. But I think you need to elect officials that will have that -- walk by integrity, they will stay within the law, and they will also then stand for the Constitution.
Yes. I think -- I think the concern that these same officials are replaced by people who don't want to count voters' votes, who want to discredit the results of the elections that they themselves are running.
Well, the point of the threats is to terrorize, and it's to coerce.
I absolutely understood president Trump to be threatening him on that call.
At the end of the day, President Trump came up short, and that every allegation was never supported by the facts.
