A Quote by Samantha Power

In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.

Samantha Power

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Samantha Power
Irish - Public Servant
Born: September 21, 1970

Burma is not yet a full-fledged democracy. We have started working on the road to full democracy. We have a lot of things to do in order to build a democratic structure and to be become a full-fledged democracy.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Timothy Noah

I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.

Mohsin Hamid

The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.

Kit Bond

African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope.

Jordan Peele

The perspective that law enforcement is presenting seems to be a very narrow one that's focused very, very heavily on investigations of past crimes rather than on preventing future crimes. It's very important for policymakers to take that broader view because they're the ones who are trusted to look at the big picture.

Matt Blaze

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Jess Bowen

If you look back at past administrations, they`re probably a little bit behind where former President George W. Bush was.

Kristen Welker

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Andrew Bacevich

There's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away from going agnostic and a biopsy away from full-fledged Christian.

Adam Carolla

When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. Almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into - not just Baltimore, but Chicago and Baltimore and New Orleans.

Al Sharpton

Bringing the IRS to heel can start with re-energizing and expanding congressional investigations and holding accountable those responsible for the targeting and other abuses.

Cleta Mitchell

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Todd Young

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Brendan Behan

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