Jane Harman Quotes

In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.

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• We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

  

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• If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.

  

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• So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

  

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• The Committee's review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how vital a diverse intelligence workforce is to our national security.

  

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• There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

  

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• I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

  

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• But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

  

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• At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

  

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• In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms.

  

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• Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.

  

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• We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

  

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• The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

  

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• A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.

  

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• In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.

  

  Jane Harman
  • World
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  • Diversity