Political Quotes

when you make that determination, you should be making it in the U.S. Congress not by one individual of whichever party who happens to be the President.

I would like to emphasize my personal belief that this particular situation with respect to Virginia is historically unique.

So if Tiananmen occurred today with the Chinese Government rolling out tanks and killing hundreds, if not thousands, of its own people, that it would also fit the Panetta rule.

I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been supported.