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Joe Lieberman

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Joseph Lieberman is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, he gained national prominence as the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election alongside Al Gore. After losing the election, Lieberman continued to serve in the Senate, where he became known for his centrist views and willingness to cross party lines, particularly on issues such as national security and energy policy.

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Apr 28, 2009

The students who have it should go home.

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Apr 28, 2009

Thus far, the Federal Government, I will say to the three of you Secretaries and your agencies, have responded aggressively and I think as effectively as possible to the threat of the H1N1 virus.

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Apr 28, 2009

If you all with your extraordinary capabilities develop a vaccine that works against swine flu, why would we not make it?

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Apr 28, 2009

But I honestly believe, looking back, that CDC or HHS... should have just nationally said...

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Apr 28, 2009

So you will be the point of distribution for Waterbury to private providers; is that right?

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Apr 28, 2009

Do we have the domestic capacity to produce sufficient quantities of vaccine up to the 300 million?

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Apr 28, 2009

I worry that we are undermining confidence generally in our public health system.

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Apr 28, 2009

I honestly believe, looking back, that CDC or HHS... should have just nationally said...

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Apr 28, 2009

I appreciate very much that was done.

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Apr 28, 2009

I must say, respectfully, I did not find the Secretary's response to our letter satisfactory.

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Apr 27, 2009

Yes, because most people do not know about you.

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Apr 27, 2009

Dean Koh is a brilliant scholar--one of the great legal minds of his generation.

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Apr 27, 2009

He has a distinguished record of service in our government, having worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations.

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Apr 27, 2009

whenever the United States uses force in self-defense, it must do so in a manner that is consistent with the principles of necessity and proportionality.

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Apr 27, 2009

I am proud to recommend that you recommend to the full Senate that we confirm the nomination of Harold Hongju Koh.

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Apr 27, 2009

I believe that one consequence of this lack of consensus as to whether the resolutions provided the necessary support was that it hindered U.S. efforts to attract as broad political support for our military actions in Iraq as we would have…

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Apr 27, 2009

As stated in the October 2001 letter from the United States notifying the Security Council pursuant to Article 51 of the UN Charter: 'We may find that our self-defense requires further actions with respect to other organizations and other…

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Apr 27, 2009

I very much hope that you will favorably report on the nomination of Harold Hongju Koh--a great American--to this important post.

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Apr 27, 2009

I am honored to be before you to introduce Harold Hongju Koh of New Haven, CT.

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Apr 27, 2009

It is a reflection of the bipartisan respect for Dean Koh that, when President Clinton nominated him... he was unanimously confirmed.

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Apr 27, 2009

I think it is important to note the public-private collaboration that went into issuing that August 24 alert.

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Apr 27, 2009

Our defenses to those attacks are inadequate.

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Apr 27, 2009

I think that is a very good development, and I thank you for it and I hope you will push it forward.

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Apr 27, 2009

A public-private partnership to defend the integrity of cyberspace is now urgently essential.

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