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I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Freddie Dalton Thompson
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Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.
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Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not necessarily the best way to impart your information to the American people. I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.
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The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.
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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.
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In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.
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Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.
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Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.
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We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack.
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While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass.
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The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now he can carry his entire ego with him on the trail.
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We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.
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