Secretary Quotes - Page 6

• I agree completely with Secretary Colin Powell, who said today this is an absurdity. And so I think the American people will know it's an absurdity. I have absolutely no concerns about it whatsoever.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, People, Today

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Republicans didn't lie to the American people about whether there were classified e-mails on that server and Republicans didn't tell families of Americans killed in Benghazi that a video was to blame for their murders. There isn't a vast right-wing conspiracy, Madam Secretary. Just like there wasn't one back in 1998.

  Eric Bolling

  Lying, Wings, People

  "Hillary Clinton still believes in vast right-wing conspiracy". "The Five" with Eric Bolling, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Juan Williams, Meghan McCain, and Brian Kilmeade, www.foxnews.com. February 4, 2016.

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• Well, no one knows for sure. There are now two competing governments and various armed militias, tribes and clans. Secretary John Kerry and others have said they're hopeful a single government can be formed soon maybe in the coming weeks.

  Tom Bowman

  Government, Two, Hopeful

  "U.S. Airstrikes Hit ISIS Training Camp In Libya". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.

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• I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kings, Thinking, Nails

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• There are many reasons why the Russians prefer Donald Trump.I think, in the first instance, they wanted to tear down Secretary Clinton. They, I think, despised her remarks about the flawed 2011 elections in Russia. They feared that she would be very tough on Russia in terms of sanctions.

  Adam Schiff

  Thinking, Tears, Tough

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think what the secretary Hillary Clinton has recognized is the American people are extremely angry about the power of Wall Street, the greed, the illegal behavior of Wall Street.

  Bernie Sanders

  Wall, Thinking, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The former secretary of State is the nominee. She is also the Willie Sutton of classified data. And there is going to be a long-term effort of Republicans, whether it's Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, to paint her into the corner.

  Hugh Hewitt

  Data, Long, Effort

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton. And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.

  Al Franken

  President, Helping, Chance

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The thing that strikes me, from looking at the names so far in the Donald Trump's Cabinet on the foreign policy side, is the one thing that unites them - and that's General James Mattis at the Pentagon, Mike Pompeo at the CIA, even Mitt Romney to become secretary of state - they're all very, very hawkish on Iran.

  Geoff Dyer

  Cia, Foreign Policy, Policy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was going to the heart of this matter, which is, the issue of whether Europeans should contribute more to NATO, I think, is a matter of consensus. I think Secretary Hillary Clinton believes that, and a series of U.S. presidents and secretaries of defense and state have urged our European partners.

  Philip Gordon

  Believe, Heart, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It just never comes across as a quality you want in a president that you`re sitting in a room. It`s almost as if they woke up and realized, You know, we`re running against a former secretary of state. Our guy used to do the Miss Universe pageant around the world. Maybe we should try to heavy this up.

  Stuart Stevens

  Running, Missing, Guy

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Secretary Hillary Clinton for four years was part of a policy of resetting Russian relations with Russia in our interests.

  Philip Gordon

  Clinton, Relation, Interest

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well.

  David Brooks

  Defense, Administration, States

  "Shields and Brooks on Hagel’s Rough Hearing, Movement on Immigration". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. February 1, 2013.

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• Back in 2007, many people criticized me for my talk at the Munich Security Conference. But what did I say there? I merely pointed out that the former NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner had guaranteed that NATO would not expand eastwards after the fall of the Wall.

  Vladimir Putin

  Wall, Fall, People

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Using these new funds, I will ask my secretary of defense to propose a new defense budget to meet the following longtime goals.

  Donald Trump

  Goal, Defense, Propose

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand.

  Alex J. Morrison

  Vacation, Hands, Resolution

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• The president-elect Donald Trump moved a bit closer to getting his Cabinet in place with another round of confirmation hearings. The most contentious was for his treasury secretary pick, Steven Mnuchin, a billionaire banker who worked at Goldman Sachs and owned a hedge fund. There was important news that came out during the hearing. Mnuchin said that he would support raising the debt ceiling sooner rather than later, and not risk the country defaulting.

  Judy Woodruff

  Country, Support, Risk

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I have constantly told people that I was Secretary of State and I was not going to get into a partisan debate. And I would vote my ballot in a secret way, as all Americans do. But I just want to acknowledge that after the election took place, it was a special time for Americans.

  Condoleezza Rice

  People, Secret, Special

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• You know, as Secretary of State, I've been privileged to represent this great country, and I know its strengths, and I know its challenges. One of its strengths is the belief - here and abroad - that this is a place where you get ahead on merit. It doesn't matter where you came from; it matters where you're going.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Country, Challenges, Belief

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.

  Hillary Clinton

  States, Force

  Source: www.breitbart.com

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• President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. His choice for defense secretary views Russia as America's number one threat.

  Steve Inskeep

  Choices, Relation, Threat

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his cabinet.

  Hillary Clinton

  Honor, President, Cabinets

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I care deeply about women's rights. I have been an outspoken advocate for them for many years and as secretary of state I carried that message around the world because empowering women, providing for women's rights, their full participation in society, politics, the economy is not only a matter of individuals being able to chart their own futures. It's good for democracy and it's good for peace and prosperity.

  Hillary Clinton

  Years, Rights, Empowering

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Getting countries working together was my job every day as your secretary of state.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Jobs, Working Together

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Getting countries working together was my job every day as your secretary of state. It`s more than a photo op. It takes consistency and reliability. And it certainly takes more than trying on make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again. That is not how it works.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Jobs, Home

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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