“It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen.” PeopleHardMightHappensTodaySocialSecurityBenefitsCriticalSocial SecurityReductionMedicareBack To Work Author:Fred Upton
“In this post 9-11 world we live in, it is critical we take steps to improve the safety and security of the Trucking Industry which has proven to be our most mobile and flexible mode of transporting goods.” WorldStepsSecurityIndustrySafetyCriticalPostsGoodsProvenFlexibleMobileSafety And SecurityTrucking Author:Zach Wamp
“We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.” PeopleImportantCountryDecisionSecurityBalanceAreasCriticalChecksOur CountryNational SecurityCritical Decisions Author:Chris Van Hollen
“The real bug here is that the design of the system even permits this class of bug. It is unconscionable that someone designing a critical piece of security infrastructure would design the system in such a way that it does not fail safe.” WayDoeRealClassPiecesFailingSecurityDesignSafeCriticalPermitBugsInfrastructure Author:Jamie Zawinski
“I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.” WorldWellsHeartDoeProblemAmericaPresidentLosesWatchesIssuesEnvironmentMiddleSecurityHappeningsStandingIraqIsraelComplicatedCriticalEastResolveMiddle EastPalestinianAsiaExtremistTacklingSteadfastnessPresident George W BushSoutheast Asia Author:Lee Hsien Loong
“There is a very real and critical danger that unrestrained public discussion of cryptologic matters will seriously damage the ability of this government to conduct signals intelligence and the ability of this government to carry out its mission of protecting national security information from hostile exploitation.” RealMatterGovernmentAbilitySecurityInformationDangerInternetMissionsCriticalDiscussionDamageFree SpeechExploitationNational SecuritySignalsHostile Author:Bobby Ray Inman
“Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.” WorldDoeSecuritySoldierIsraelCriticalRegionsNational SecurityAircraftCarrierAmerican SoldierAircraft Carriers Author:Alexander Haig
“Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis.” ImportantSecurityPolicyIndependentCriticalAnalysisRelevantAccurateNational SecurityTimely Author:Dennis C. Blair
“The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security numbers and financial information and health records, and about critical infrastructure being insecure.” SocialNumbersRecordsWeekSecurityDangerousInformationInternetComputerFinancialCriticalHorribleMessInsecureSocial SecurityInfrastructureBreachDatabasesBeing Insecure Author:Matt Blaze
“If Martin Luther King looked at the Obama administration and saw an intimate connection with Wall Street, he'd be very critical. If he saw drones being dropped on innocent people, he'd be very critical. If he saw rights and liberties violated by secret policies of the government, of the kind we've seen by the National Security Agency, he'd be very critical.” PeopleIfsKindGovernmentSecretLibertySawsRightsStreetsSecurityPolicyWallKingsConnectionsCriticalInnocentAdministrationIntimateAgencyNational SecurityLutherDrones Author:Cornel West
“I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.” ThinkingAmericaPoliticalIssuesSecurityReturnCriticalDebateNational SecurityPolitical Debates Author:John Bolton