Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to speak about Bob Levinson, a retired FBI agent who 9 years ago today disappeared in Iran. He was on the tourist island of Kish. It is a little island off the coast of Iran, and it is Iranian territory. It is in the Persian Gulf. It is just a few minutes' flight from Dubai. Bob Levinson was there. There is conflicting information, but in the process of checking out from his hotel and getting into a cab and going to the airport to return--I think to Dubai--he disappeared 9 years ago today. There is a lot of mystery surrounding the disappearance, and there is a lot of mystery surrounding what has happened ever since. There is a mystery as to why the FBI, shortly after his disappearance, was somewhat lackadaisical about pursuing it. It is a mystery as to why the CIA was not coordinating with the FBI in pursuing vigorously the disappearance of Bob. There is no mystery surrounding the fact that, finally, the two agencies got their act together and started to vigorously pursue the disappearance of Bob Levinson. I wish to give great credit to the agency, since they tried to get to the bottom of it, but that has led us nowhere, and here we are 9 years later.…”