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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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Jul 10, 2012

Surely we are safer than we were a decade ago, but we must be relentless in anticipating the changing tactics of terrorists.

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Jul 10, 2012

I thank Senator Collins for resisting the urge to grab the gavel.

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Jul 10, 2012

I am hopeful that it will produce common ground that at least 60 Senators will want to occupy.

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Jun 26, 2012

Faith in God has played a pivotal role in American history every day since the Declaration of Independence.

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Jun 26, 2012

The passage of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act would be meaningful capstone to an effort that has spanned my entire Senate career.

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Jun 25, 2012

I am going to keep returning to the floor of the Senate in fairness on this nomination. She is such a deserving nominee and at least deserves a vote up or down. I yield the floor.

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Jun 5, 2012

Faith in God has played a pivotal role in American history every day since the Declaration of Independence.

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Jun 5, 2012

In offering this prayer, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was 'bring[ing] faith and God in a very inclusive and nondiscriminatory way into our public life.'

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Jun 4, 2012

We cannot continue to betray the trust of our Nation's veterans by not doing everything in our power to make sure that they have access to employment.

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Jun 4, 2012

The status quo is just not acceptable.

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May 22, 2012

Thank you for that answer. I hope you will take a fresh look at it, notwithstanding everything you have said...

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May 22, 2012

The behavior was unacceptable for Secret Service personnel.

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May 22, 2012

I think it is so important to get to the bottom of this event, to get to the truth of it so that we can find out exactly what happened.

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May 22, 2012

I hope that you will continue not only your no-holds-barred investigation and the disciplinary actions which are so clearly warranted in this case.

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May 22, 2012

We are going to investigate it, and we are going to take the appropriate disciplinary action.

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May 22, 2012

Any type of misconduct we take extremely seriously and we investigate it to the end limit.

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May 22, 2012

Sir, this was a question an awful lot of us have asked ourselves over the last month and a half.

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May 22, 2012

I want to personally thank Secret Service Director Sullivan for his cooperation with our investigation and also to thank him because he has worked very hard and fast since he learned of the crisis to investigate it and try to restore the…

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May 22, 2012

The concern that we have expressed, Senator Collins quite explicitly, and what we are worried about is that an agent with the responsibility to protect the President and Vice President could be compromised.

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May 22, 2012

Did any of those have characteristics similar to what happened in Cartagena, that they were women or prostitutes that they picked up.

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May 22, 2012

There is no excuse for that type of behavior from both a conduct perspective and from a national security perspective.

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May 22, 2012

Well, that is very important and very encouraging news because obviously you are conducting a formal Inspector General investigation.

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