The Constitution does not lay down any specific qualifications or standards for nominees. One may vote for or against a nominee on the basis of this or that or some other circumstance. He does not have to state his reasons.
Speaking after the Senate's handling of the Tower nomination for Secretary of Defense.
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The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.
Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?
Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.
I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
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