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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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May 8, 2012

One of the problems is that Federal contracting officers use the no-bid contracts for ANCs because they want to expedite a project.

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May 8, 2012

The money that is now going to them has increased to $4.7 billion in 2010 alone, and they call themselves small business.

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May 8, 2012

GAO has called upon OMB's Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the very office that you are nominated to head, to amend Federal acquisition regulations to require Federal agencies to closely document compliance with the new SBA…

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May 8, 2012

I think you have to be more definitive on this issue. It is a very important issue to us.

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Apr 30, 2012

No, I can't accuse the president of that. A lot of people both here and in Congress including Senator Lindsay Graham and Senator Lieberman worked on this strategic partnership agreement and it's important that we send a message to friends…

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Apr 30, 2012

I think it's a good thing. I think it's always good when the president goes to where young men and women are in harm's way.

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Apr 30, 2012

I wish the president would explain more often to the American people why Afghanistan -- it's important that Afghanistan not return to a base for attacks on the United States of America.

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Apr 30, 2012

It's important that we send a message to friends and enemies alike that the United States has a long-term commitment to Afghanistan.

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Apr 30, 2012

I really think it's a good thing. And it's always good when the president goes to where young men and women are in harm's way.

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Apr 29, 2012

This is the same president who once criticized Hillary Clinton for invoking bin Laden to score political points.

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Apr 29, 2012

This is the same president who once criticized Hillary Clinton for invoking bin Laden to score political points.

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Apr 23, 2012

That's a direct repudiation of al Qaeda who believes in acts of terror.

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Apr 23, 2012

It is really worse than doing nothing because it is giving sort of an excuse for the international community not to step up.

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Apr 23, 2012

Remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture. Awareness without action changes nothing.

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Apr 23, 2012

The killing stops when U.N. observers go in and then starts up again when they leave.

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Apr 23, 2012

That's a direct repudiation of al Qaeda, who believes in acts of terror. So the fundamentals of this movement have nothing to do with radical Islamist individuals.

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Apr 23, 2012

But I think also we should point out the longer it drags out, the more likely it is that foreign fighters and radical Islamists come into the fight.

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Apr 23, 2012

We have to act in a fashion of leadership of the United States of America with other countries, and the first thing we need to do is get these people some weapons so they can defend themselves.

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Apr 23, 2012

I do not. And worse than that, Anderson, it gives the people who might be helping more pause while the assurances are given by the U.N. that we ought to give this a chance, et cetera.

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Apr 23, 2012

Not that I know of. They have now called for additional monitors.

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Apr 23, 2012

It's really sad to see the rhetoric of this administration not only not matched but making almost a joke out of the fact that we are really literally doing nothing.

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Apr 23, 2012

Remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture. Awareness without action changes nothing.

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