The whole confirmation process becomes more and more outrageous. People feel it is their duty to engage in character assassination or to cause the nominee's defeat, or to discourage and demoralize them. The FBI files are raw files. They may contain rumor, gossip, hearsay, or innuendo. They may be true, they may be false, they may be scandalously defamatory, but they should not be the basis of evaluating someone's character.
Discussing the nomination of Anthony Lake as Director of Central Intelligence.
Share
More from Joe Lieberman
54 percent of the American people, more than half of the American people, support D.C. statehood.
nobody in the Government could actually tell us how much we were spending on biodefense.
Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Stabenow, and members of the Committee.
If Congress were to formally authorize something that exists now, the National Veterinary Stockpile, that would send a strong message that this is a necessary national asset.
Other voices in this conversation
