Political Quotes

“let me join the Members with their concern about what the Assistant Secretary said, but let me also say I just talked to her, and she says that she was taken completely out of context. I think we should give her an opportunity to appear before the committee and let her have her say. Now she is in the process. She has already resigned. She is in the process of leaving the job. She resigned several months ago, and it just seems to me that, as terrible as what was reported that she said, she should have an opportunity to say to a committee what she said, and give her an opportunity to explain. For instance, it was recorded in the press that she is for women in combat. She says she denies that, she is not for women in combat, and many of the things that she says have been reported are inaccurate. So it just seems that for us to take precipitous action on something like this, without giving her an opportunity, is unfair to her, whether you agree with her philosophically or not.”