Political Quotes

“Because of news reports today and yesterday, I believe, that Saddam Hussein made an absolutely firm statement that under no circumstances would he comply with the U.N. resolution which required that he submit his country to U.N. inspectors looking for evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and because of the strong reaction here in the United States and, I think, in the West generally about the possibility of beginning much more aggressive action against Saddam Hussein, I have two questions for the Senator from Alaska. First, is it likely if we were to take such action that our ability to continue to buy oil from Saddam Hussein would evaporate? Secondly, my recollection is that if we were to develop the oil resources available in the ANWR area that it could be a complete substitute for the Iraqi oil.”