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Carl Levin

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United States Senator

Carl Levin was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator representing the state of Michigan. Born on June 28, 1934, Levin focused on defense, foreign policy, and consumer protection during his political career, achieving significant accomplishments in these areas.

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“There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure resolution that seems to me should be considered by the Congress.”

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Author:Carl Levin

“If our intelligence is either manipulated or if it's shaded or if in some way it is exaggerated, it is very, very dangerous for us, particularly as we go down the road and look at other threats.”

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Author:Carl Levin

“If you like what Wall Street did for the housing market, you'll love what Wall Street is doing for commodities. Goldman's ability to influence any portion of the price for a key component of the industrial economy is simply unacceptable.”

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“Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.”

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“Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.”

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“The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.”

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“It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact that several Iraqi army divisions have melted away.”

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“We shouldn't knee jerk anything. The Iraqi government a few years back, when they had a chance to sign an agreement that would keep some of our presence there, refused to do it. So we've got to be very careful and thoughtful before we do anything.”

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“We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.”

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“The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist”

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“The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror”

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“Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients”

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“When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years”

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“The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security”

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“It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably”

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“Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq”

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Author:Carl Levin

“While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis”

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Author:Carl Levin

“The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world”

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“I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result”

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“Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.”

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“If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.”

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“We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.”

“We should be hell bent on getting those weapons of mass destruction, hell bent on having a credible approach to them, but we should try to do it in a way which keeps the world together and that achieves our goal which is removing the... defanging Saddam.”

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Author:Carl Levin

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Born: June 28, 1934
Known for: United States Senator
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