“Both the State Department and the FBI deny any 'quid pro quo' between Hillary Clinton's State Department and the FBI.” StatesClintonDenyDepartmentFbiQuid Pro Quo Author:Thomas Roberts
“This is nothing. The last couple of batches of [Hillary Clinton's] emails have revealed exactly nothing. Now, who is pushing this notion that there was a quid pro quo in the State Department?” StatesLastsCoupleClintonNotionDepartmentPushingEmailQuid Pro Quo Author:Thomas Roberts
“It is not plausible for Patrick Kennedy to do something to get the FBI to change the State Department investigation, this is crazy.” StatesCrazyDepartmentInvestigationFbiPlausible Author:Thomas Roberts
“As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the very heart of the policing profession. The problem is sometimes referred to as "the thin blue line." The problem is other times referred to as "the code of silence." It is this tendency to ignore. It is the tendency to deny. It is the tendency, in some cases, to cover up the bad actions of a colleague or colleagues.” HeartSometimesProblemActionMovingLinesSilenceLeaderCasesPoliceBlueDenyProfessionTendenciesMoving ForwardCodeDepartmentAddressesChicagoColleaguesCover UpsPolice DepartmentBad Actions Author:Rahm Emanuel
“You [Hillary Clinton] ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen. They don't know. It's gone, $6 billion.” KnowsStatesGoneClintonBillionsRanDepartmentStolen Author:Hillary Clinton
“That is not respecting our democracy, using the State Department as a concierge for foreign donations, not really respecting our American democracy.” StatesDemocracyDepartmentDonationAmerican Democracy Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We really haven't seen much of the attorney general or people from the Department of Justice. So it's very consistent with the way this investigation has been handled, and that is that the decisions have been made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” PeopleWayHas BeensMadeJusticeDecisionHavensDepartmentConsistentInvestigationAttorney Author:Alberto Gonzales
“We do have certain protocols in place with respect to doing the investigation by the FBI. And then prosecutors at the Department of Justice are the ones who ultimately make the decision as to whether or not to move forward with prosecution of a crime.” MovingCertainJusticeDecisionCrimeMoving ForwardDepartmentInvestigationFbiProsecutorProtocolProsecution Author:Alberto Gonzales
“I think Common Core is a disaster. That doesn't mean there can't be a little tentacle left of the Department of Education, like 5 percent, just in terms of local coordination, perhaps.” ThinkingMeanLittlesLeftTermCommonPercentCoreDisasterLocalsDepartmentCoordinationTentaclesCommon Core Author:Donald Trump
“Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.” BrainDirectorsContactDepartmentOverwhelmingMike Author:Walt Dohrn
“I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation the two don't get along.” WritingTryingTwoTeamDesignDepartmentGreat WorkAnimation Author:Walt Dohrn
“Roberta Jacobson is in charge of a department within the State Department with which, on other occasions, I have had problems with regarding the answers they gave me.” StatesProblemAnswersOccasionsDepartment Author:Marco Rubio
“I certainly have the energy, and there's probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me.” KnowsEnergyJusticeDepartment Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I know the bottom of the Justice Department, and I know the top.” KnowsJusticeBottomDepartment Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The President [Barack Obama] became quite emotional about transgender student rights, threatening to pull Department of Education funds from school districts that do not comply with federal regulations. Black children are suspended from school three times more than white children are, and there is no evidence that black children are three times as unruly.” ChildrenSchoolThreeBlackPresidentWhiteRightsStudentsEmotionalEvidenceBarackDepartmentFundRegulationThreateningThree TimesTransgenderPresident Barack ObamaSuspendedUnrulySchool Districts Author:Julianne Malveaux
“With the war in Iraq, I had the cooperation of the Department of Defense. Kuwait was pretty eager to get American journalists in there, to show us what a wonderful place they are, and what great allies they are to America, even though they didn't actually fight in the war.” WarShowsAmericaFightingWonderfulIraqDefenseJournalistDepartmentAlliesCooperationKuwaitWonderful Places Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil liberties and human rights and international law and then talking about peace to young people. That's a double standard.” PeopleShouldHumansWarStatesLawYoungTalkingLibertyRightsStandardsInternationalHuman RightsDepartmentContinuingNobelCivil LibertiesDouble StandardInternational Law Author:Mairead Corrigan
“You know, there were all kinds of calls when George W. Bush left office in 2009 for the left to investigate him. [Barack] Obama and Eric Holder were under pressure to investigate and prosecute Bush. I bet most people don't remember this, but it wasn't until June 30th, 2011, that Eric Holder announced that of the more than 100 cases the Justice Department had reviewed, that there would be no charges brought in any of them.” PeopleKnowsKindWould BeRememberLeftJusticeCasesOfficePressureAll KindsBarackDepartmentJuneEricUnder Pressure Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Four years that the [Barack] Obama Justice Department... There were 100 ostensible cases, allegations. No weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, allegations of torture, all this garbage that left was putting out, and the Obama Justice Department took four years considering those cases.” YearsLeftJusticeCasesFourWeaponsMassDestructionIraqBarackTortureDepartmentFour YearsConsideringGarbageWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAllegations Author:Rush Limbaugh
“After four years is when they [Barack Obama Justice Department] announced that no charges would be pursued and no prosecutions would be pursued [George W.Bush]. So Trump's got time, is the point, folks.” YearsWould BeJusticeFourTrumpFolksBarackDepartmentFour YearsPursuedProsecution Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When you trust and have elevated personnel in each department then the sky really is the limit.” SkyLimitsDepartmentPersonnel Author:Lily Collins
“If I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have a separate foreign policy operatus in the State Department that would run a dissenting foreign policy from the White House foreign policy. There, I think the populist America-first foreign policy of Donald Trump does run against a potential rival.” IfsThinkingFirstsDoeStatesRunningAmericaHouseEasyWhitePolicyTrumpPicksDepartmentWhite HouseForeign PolicyRivalsRomneyPopulist Author:David Brooks
“Let's remind ourselves that offering an opportunity for somebody to register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles has been required by federal law for decades now. We know it as motor voter. So whether it's motor voter and people registering on paper or online voter registration, we have the protocols in place to keep people who are not eligible to register to vote from registering, whether it's for citizenship status, whether it's for age or any other reason.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensReasonAgeLawOpportunityPaperVoteDecadesDepartmentOnlineVotersOfferingVehicleCitizenshipMotorRegisterProtocolRegistrationVoter RegistrationMotor Vehicles Author:Audie Cornish
“The State Department has been your beat for so long. It has always smelled like Bob Corker was the in case of emergency, the easy guy.” LongHas BeensStatesGuyEasyCasesBeatsDepartmentBobEmergencies Author:Chuck Todd
“Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.” NeedsFirstsHelpingCuttingNew YorkBudgetsParksDepartmentCrunch Author:Bette Midler
“The way I see it, I belong to the film as any other department.” WayFilmDepartment Author:Sonia Braga
“When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that.” WorldYearsHas BeensSaidWarLawMilitarySevenDefenseWar Of The WorldsDepartmentWorld War IiWorld War ISecretarySeven YearsGeneral James MattisMilitary Experience Author:Steve Inskeep
“[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.” WorldDepartmentMuseums Author:Ai Weiwei
“[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.” CareCultureAffairDon't CareDepartment Author:Ai Weiwei
“[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.” PeopleCareCultureDon't CareDepartment Author:Ai Weiwei
“There's an early 2014 email from Hillary Clinton, not so long after she left the State Department, to her campaign manager John Podesta that states ISIL is funded by the governments of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Now this is the most significant email in the whole collection, and perhaps because Saudi and Qatari money is spread all over the Clinton Foundation.” LongStatesWholeGovernmentLeftFoundationClintonSpreadCampaignsSignificantManagersDepartmentCollectionsEmailArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisIsilQatar Author:Julian Assange
“The question is how does Hilary Clinton fit in this broader network? She's a centralising cog. You've got a lot of different gears in operation from the big banks like Goldman Sachs and major elements of Wall Street, and Intelligence and people in the State Department and the Saudis.” PeopleDoeDifferentStatesBigsStreetsWallFitElementsMajorsClintonOperationsDepartmentGearsSaudisCogsGoldman SachsHilary Clinton Author:Julian Assange
“Maybe the Clinton chapter is over now. They've brought enough disgrace to America, the presidency, and the state department. They corrupted the Justice Department.” StatesEnoughAmericaJusticeClintonDepartmentChaptersPresidencyDisgrace Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about, because he was trying to build a broad - an unprecedented black coalition across the lines of black nationalism and integration. And in way, it presages 30 years ahead of time, the Million Man March.” IfsMenWayTryingYearsBelieveBookLawI BelieveUnderstandingBlackLinesMillionsMissingNew YorkGainsPoliceDepartmentNationalismMarchBroadsChaptersAutobiographyIntegrationLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsUnprecedentedCoalitionsAhead Of TimePolice DepartmentBlack NationalismMalcolm X Autobiography Author:Manning Marable
“When [Jimmy] Carter did quote them, he quoted them in what I believe were misapplications, such as arguing for the creation of a federal Department of Education. In one case, Carter quoted [Tomas] Jefferson's and [George] Washington's appreciation of education and then, in a leap, implied that they would be delighted that he was creating a giant federal bureaucracy for education.” BelieveWould BeI BelieveCasesCreationCreatingAppreciationArguingGiantsDepartmentLeapBureaucracyDelightedJimmyCarterImpliedTomas Jefferson Author:Paul Kengor
“My peers are all in sensitive jobs - at the C.I.A., the National Security Council, working for the Department of Defense. They can't stand up for me in public.” JobsSecurityDefenseSensitiveDepartmentPeersNational SecurityCouncilSecurity Council Author:Paula Broadwell
“I'll lift up the good work that is happening and hold officers or departments that engage in unconstitutional policing accountable.” HappeningsLiftsDepartmentOfficersGood WorkUnconstitutional Author:Hillary Clinton
“We have had a lot of whistle-blowing going on out of the Department of Homeland Security, low morale. I want to make sure [John Francis Kelly] understands the agency he's stepping into. So I'll reserve judgment until after confirmation hearings.” WantSecurityJudgmentLowsHearingAgencyDepartmentReservesHomelandMoraleConfirmationHomeland SecurityDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Claire McCaskill
“I remember my father telling me that just like Troy, he could get me in with the water department where he worked in New York. He talked about how he could get me on the job, and if I stayed 25 years, I could probably work my way up to be a supervisor and how it was a good union and all of the benefits and that I was going to make $20,000 in 50 years or whatever it was. He couldn't see that far.” IfsWayYearsJobsRememberFatherWaterNew YorkBenefitsUnionsMy WayDepartmentSupervisors Author:Denzel Washington
“There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion about Harvard, and indeed the school's president, James Conant, did block Jewish faculty. He was the one who prevented European Jews from being admitted to the chemistry department - his field - and also had pretty good relations with the Nazis.” LongBookSchoolPresidentInterestingWrittenFieldsThirdsRelationJewBlockDiscussionDepartmentFacultyChemistryTowersNaziHarvardIvoryIvory TowerInteresting Book Author:Noam Chomsky
“In general, the attitude towards Nazi Germany was not that hostile, especially if you look at the U.S. State Department reports. In 1937 the State Department was describing Adolf Hitler as a "moderate" who was holding off the forces of the right and the left.” IfsLooksStatesLeftForceAttitudeGermanyDepartmentReportsNaziHostileModeratesDescribingNazi Germany Author:Noam Chomsky
“Here is an example: while resolving current issues, our American colleagues made a proposal on the Syrian settlement but then suddenly declared at the UN that they were not going to discuss anything with us. It is necessary to understand what people want in one department versus another department of the United States. Do they have a common position? And this happened many times on very many areas of our cooperation.” PeopleWantMadeStatesUnitedCommonUnited StatesIssuesHappenedExamplePositionAreasCurrentsDepartmentCooperationColleaguesVersusProposalSettlement Author:Vladimir Putin
“In the department of homeland security and each agency that's there there's a morale problem. It's a different morale problem in each one.” DifferentProblemSecurityAgencyDepartmentHomelandMoraleHomeland SecurityDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Steve King
“[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made the Internet, the whole concept of cyberspace, vulnerable to rampant censorship - he pushed that bill, and I know the man in the Justice Department whom he persuaded - the guy didn't want to lose his job - to write the bill.” KnowsMenWantWritingMadeMatterWholeFactsJobsGuyTermLosesJusticeHe ManCommunicationInternetConceptsBillsClintonVulnerableDepartmentCensorshipDecencyMatter Of FactCyberspace Author:Nat Hentoff
“[A.J. Muste] was from Michigan and he grew up in the Dutch Reform Church there, which is a fairly strict church. He later came to New York. He was the minister of a labor temple in the - on the East Side. Then he founded, to my knowledge, the first, maybe the only, labor school; that is, Cornell has a labor department and other schools. But this was a school for - entirely for labor organizers, and he was the - the chairman.” FirstsSchoolSidesChurchNew YorkGrewGrew UpLaborEastReformMinistersDepartmentTemplesStrictChairmanDutchMichiganOrganizerEast Side Author:Nat Hentoff
“There was a direct jobs program from the Rooselvelt administration in the 1930s. The Justice Department has set up a task force to investigate the banks and the mortgage crisis but that's a little too late. Whenever they report they will report the obvious. It will be too late to impact the people who need the help the most.” PeopleNeedsLittlesHelpingJobsForceJusticeLateProgramTasksDirectCrisisImpactObviousAdministrationDepartmentReportsToo LateMortgage1930sTask ForcesMortgage Crisis Author:Jesse Jackson
“The government does a lot of stuff that it shouldn't do - the Department of Education, for instance.” DoeGovernmentStuffInstanceDepartment Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“I think Jason Chaffetz was correct to call for an investigation into the Government Ethics Department in the government for the positions that they've taken in this campaign.” ThinkingGovernmentTakenPositionEthicsCampaignsDepartmentInvestigationJason Author:Reince Priebus
“Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of black boys being suspended at substantially higher rates than white boys for the same behavior, in the absence of that kind of rigorous enforcement of the nondiscrimination principle, then the long-standing biases that I believe have weakened, but are still clearly present in our society, assert themselves in ways that usually disadvantage African Americans.” WayBelieveKindLongStillsI BelieveBlackJusticeWhiteBoysPrinciplesRightsHigherBehaviorEvidenceStandingRateAbsenceCivil RightsAfrican AmericanDepartmentOur SocietyDivisionEnforcementDisadvantagesSuspendedBlack Boy Author:Barack Obama
“Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when Jamal sends his résumé in, he's getting treated the same as when Johnny sends his résumé in.Now, are we going to have suddenly the same number of CEOs, billionaires, etc., as the white community? In 10 years? Probably not, maybe not even in 20 years. But I guarantee you that we would be thriving, we would be succeeding. We wouldn't have huge numbers of young African American men in jail.” MenYearsSaidWould BeYoungCommunityJusticeWhiteNumbersHugeSucceedSpeechCourtTreatedAfrican AmericanGuaranteesDepartmentEtcJailCeoBillionaireHuge Numbers Author:Barack Obama