I directed Secretary Liu to hold those responsible for these failures accountable. And to make sure that each of the inspector general's recommendations are implemented quickly so that such conduct never happens again.
President Obama addresses the IRS scandal and emphasizes accountability and implementation of recommendations.
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a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power
This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
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