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“If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.”
“I'm not big on commissions.”
“Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.”
“I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.”
“During my time as CIA Director and Secretary of Defense, Hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our homeland, decimate al-Qaeda, and bring Osama bin Laden to justice.”
“Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.”
“It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.”
“Unfortunately these days, there is a hell of a lot that keeps me awake.”
“She is smart. She is principled. She is tough, and she is ready. Hillary is the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for president.”
“Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.”
“I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.”
“My whole life has been dedicated to public service.”
“The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.”
“An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.”
“These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.”
“The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.”
“If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves.”
“I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.”
“The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.”
“The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.”