Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 13, 1997
She says that she was not the one that made the comment about the uniform. She says absolutely it was the woman who was on the panel, and she did not say one word about the uniform. That is what I am saying, there was some confusion. That is what she said. Now, I can only tell you what her comments were.
Said by
John Murtha
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Addressing a misunderstanding regarding comments made about a uniform during a panel discussion.

Share

More from John Murtha

Mar 23, 2007

I keep hearing people say that we have got to give this a chance. For 4 years we have given this a chance. For 4 years we have had our troops overseas. Here is the problem that we face. Every time that we give them a chance, they…

govinfo.gov
Nov 7, 2006

I think the military leaders have lost complete confidence in this secretary. He didn't listen to people. He didn't ask for suggestions. He went to war when we didn't have a national security threat.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 9, 2006

The president kept talking about the last election being a mandate for him to go forward in Iraq. Well, this election was the opposite. This election was for -- to re -- redeploy the troops and my plan, which is the opposite of his plan…

transcripts.cnn.com
Mar 2, 2009

But I think in light of the recession and the economic difficulties we are facing it is not a good idea to pass legislation driving American industrial production back to the levels of 1920 at a time of potentially an economic depression.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation