But I also know that, in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger or yield to the politics of the moment.
I'm doubting she'll go into a lot of detail, but I think that, you know, in time we will hear from these women what happened and some of it will make a little bit more sense.
And I want to just -- before I start, I know that I have been spending a great deal of time in the front row in particular, but the front two rows, so I really want to try to move to give other people a chance to get their questions in today.
Look, as part of what the President announced last December at West Point, NATO contributed an increase in forces on the ground in Afghanistan, a contribution that I know commanders at the time at ISAF believed would play a crucial role in our overall strategy.
And it's the first time that I know of in our law where there's criminal liability for something you didn't know a thing about.
Rep. MATHESON: Well, there are various stories about that, and it was a little before my time, but the story that I usually tell is that, you know, we had a term for a long time in politics called the Yellow Dog Democrat, which is that people would say I'll vote for a Democrat even if it's a yellow dog.
The President, I know in traveling to Africa in 2006 as a Senate candidate, spent some time at a military facility that we have very close to Yemen, talking to leaders, military officials there about the security situation not just across the Straits but in Africa, as well.
You know, I was born in 1961, and at the time that I was born, I think for me to do many of the things that I've done in my life would've been an impossibility, and certainly for a 22-year-old.
And I know that some of you have been working in these departments for a very long time, for decades.
Lord, I know that there are groups in Haiti that are praying like this at this very time this evening, in City of Solei...
And I think that when people look back in five years time at, you know, what did, what did Virgin do for this country, I think what we've done - what we will have done for the train network in this country, will be one of the most important things.
If he was engaged in such behavior for more than twenty years that I know of, what is wrong with him sitting in jail for a similar time frame as the prosecutors are asking for.
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In some ways it's been an easy decision, because I just know that the time is right.
During my time in Darfur I don't know of gang rape at the level that the leaders of the rebels claim.
And I know many people approach the holidays in the same way in their own lives, and that at this time of year for so many people, they are looking for opportunities to give thanks and to give back.
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Secondly, I do not know of (nor is there any controversy suggesting) his involvement in other companies during that time.
And this is the first time in my memory -- and I know of no other historical contrary fact -- that suggests that, when a majority of senators wanted a nomination to be heard properly, that it wasn't heard.
So I want to share something with you that my husband Dr. Davis and I think is important to know and to keep in mind if you are spending time with your family this Christmas holiday.
You know that this President has called attention to the deterioration in this region for quite some time, and I think Secretary Clinton was very candid about this yesterday, and that what is happening is the central foreign policy focus -- what is happening in Pakistan and Afghanistan are the central foreign policy focus of this administration.
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