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John Walsh

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John Walsh is a Democratic politician from Montana who served as the state's U.S. Senator from 2014 to 2015. He was appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy left by Max Baucus, who resigned to become the U.S. Ambassador to China. Walsh's tenure in the Senate was marked by his focus on veterans' issues and economic development in Montana. Prior to his Senate appointment, he served as the Montana Adjutant General, overseeing the Montana National Guard. Walsh has been involved in various community and state initiatives throughout his career.

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Apr 6, 2006

Write your two U.S. senators, e-mail them, and tell everybody you know, Bill Frist trying to get it out.

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Apr 6, 2006

I think we really, really have to be much more stringent about these background checks.

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Apr 6, 2006

It has nothing to do with partisan politics. We should have had a sex offender registry a long time ago.

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Nov 22, 2005

If it was -- let's say it was a stripper that was gang-raped by a motorcycle gang. It doesn't matter who did it or who was the victim. It's still a crime.

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Nov 16, 2005

I'm working with the family on the Child Safety Act of 2005 which would make a national registry of all these convicted sex offenders like Joseph Smith.

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Nov 16, 2005

The American public should be mad and say why isn't this bill on the floor of the Senate and why hasn't it been passed?

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May 17, 2005

Any coroner will tell you most children are murdered in 24 hours.

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May 17, 2005

I try to hunt these people down on my show. I am sick of watching them get caught and looking at their rap sheets; 20, 30 arrests. The man that was arrested for Jessica Lunsford's murder, was accused of murdering that beautiful…

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May 17, 2005

I've often thought I wanted to make sure Adam didn't die in vain.

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May 17, 2005

I believe that Ottis Toole, serial killer, who died on death row in Florida from AIDS and cirrhosis of the liver, killed Adam.

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May 12, 2005

In a lot of cases, it is someone that they know. You know, you ask a child who is a stranger, and they go, do you meantime garbage man that I see every week, is he a stranger? Or the soccer coach that I see once a week? I sort of know him…

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May 12, 2005

They're good at it. I mean, this is what people it's misconception that it's the guy under the bridge with the trenchcoat that exposes himself.

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Apr 28, 2005

I have never been able to figure it out. I just don't know. But it is heartbreaking, Anderson, absolutely. If you're the parent of a missing child, adult or juvenile, you always say, the media could be the way to break this case open and…

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Apr 28, 2005

We never used to care about missing women until Chandra Levy went missing.

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Apr 27, 2005

Very, very common, Anderson. Very common. He has access to this little girl.

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Apr 27, 2005

I don't -- personally, I don't think it's a real danger. That little girl's eyes are dead because that creep is ruining her and destroying her soul.

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Apr 27, 2005

I say it is absolutely money. The national center here in Washington, D.C. dealt with 600,000 images in the United States last year of child pornography. And we are so far behind.

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Apr 27, 2005

the lack of information between state, local and federal agencies in the United States is appalling. It's absolutely appalling.

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Apr 27, 2005

No, absolutely not. You know, Anderson, I never thought I would see something like that's going on here today.

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Apr 27, 2005

But most of the cases are someone that these the children know. It could be a relative. Could even be her own father or stepfather.

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Apr 27, 2005

Well, I do, Anderson, because what is the alternative? I hope that there isn't a sad ending to this.

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