Political Quotes

“in less than 2 hours our country will be without a Secretary of Defense at a time when we have a war going on in Afghanistan and about 70,000 troops there. We have a nuclear weapon which was detonated in North Korea a few days ago. They are threatening, as they have publicly on other occasions, but after this bomb was set off, that they are doing it to attack us. We have this situation in Iran with all their very militaristic statements against us. All over the world America is involved in matters dealing with our military. I met the night before last in my office with the man who killed Osama bin Laden. I talked to him about his 16-year career as a SEAL and the places he went around the world protecting the interests of the United States. It wasn't just in Afghanistan, not only in Pakistan, but all over the world. To think we have now in the Senate a situation where we are going to wind up without a Secretary of Defense at this time. We had all the talk--you know, we have some questions about Senator Hagel. Keep in mind he is a Republican. They say: We have some questions to ask. But publicly a significant number of Republican Senators have said they would not filibuster. Remember, there has never in the history of the country been a filibuster of a Defense Secretary nominee--never. I needed to file cloture. Not all the shows, but a number of shows, attacked me last night.…”