Quotes for the week.
1) "I may have created confusion."
- U.S. Attorney General ALBERTO GONZALES, in a letter to Senate leaders about last week's Senate testimony. Gonzales, who was later contradicted by FBI Director Robert Mueller about NSA surveillance activities, faces possible perjury accusations.
2) "By comparison, Canada is a tension-free place."
- JACK JEDWAB, director of the Association for Canadian Studies, explaining the increased number of Americans moving to Canada, which hit a 30-year high last year with discontent over the Iraq war and American politics.
3) "No amount of troops and no amount of time will make a difference."
- Adm. MICHAEL G. MULLEN, nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifying before a Senate panel Tuesday that stability in Iraq requires political reconciliation.
4) "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."
- Illinois Senator BARACK OBAMA, saying in a speech Wednesday that he would invade Pakistan if he were President, calling the country "the right battlefield" to fight terrorism.
5) "It's only a peace operation. You need to have peace to keep."
- RODOLPHE ADADA, civilian head of the new joint United Nations- African Union Mission in Darfur. The U.N. Security Council authorized a 26,000-troop force on Tuesday.
6) "I urge Alaskans not to form conclusions based upon incomplete and sometimes incorrect reports in the media"
- Sen. TED STEVENS (R-Alaska), who is being investigated by the Justice Department for his ties to an Alaska energy company involved in a bribery scheme.
7) "Approximately 60%, and possibly even 70%, of what we are seeing in the last decade can be attributed directly to greenhouse warming."
- DR. GREG HOLLAND, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, who authored a new report that shows the boost in Atlantic hurricanes is due to a warmer sea.
8) "In some ways we probably all underestimated the depth of the mistrust and how difficult it would be for these guys to come together on legislation."
- U.S. Defense Secretary ROBERT GATES, on Iraq's vacationing and squabbling politicians.
9) "We thought we had done all we could."
- Minn. bridge engineer DAN DORGAN, on the state's strategy of patchwork fixes and stepped-up inspections to improve the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed Wednesday. The bridge was deemed "structurally deficient" 17 years ago
10) "I don't think (the casino issue) affects my race ... I'm not bringing it up. I don't plan on talking about it."
- Kentucky Secretary of State, Trey Grayson, on what he plans on talking about at this weekend's annual "Fancy Farm" political picnic.
- U.S. Attorney General ALBERTO GONZALES, in a letter to Senate leaders about last week's Senate testimony. Gonzales, who was later contradicted by FBI Director Robert Mueller about NSA surveillance activities, faces possible perjury accusations.
2) "By comparison, Canada is a tension-free place."
- JACK JEDWAB, director of the Association for Canadian Studies, explaining the increased number of Americans moving to Canada, which hit a 30-year high last year with discontent over the Iraq war and American politics.
3) "No amount of troops and no amount of time will make a difference."
- Adm. MICHAEL G. MULLEN, nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifying before a Senate panel Tuesday that stability in Iraq requires political reconciliation.
4) "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."
- Illinois Senator BARACK OBAMA, saying in a speech Wednesday that he would invade Pakistan if he were President, calling the country "the right battlefield" to fight terrorism.
5) "It's only a peace operation. You need to have peace to keep."
- RODOLPHE ADADA, civilian head of the new joint United Nations- African Union Mission in Darfur. The U.N. Security Council authorized a 26,000-troop force on Tuesday.
6) "I urge Alaskans not to form conclusions based upon incomplete and sometimes incorrect reports in the media"
- Sen. TED STEVENS (R-Alaska), who is being investigated by the Justice Department for his ties to an Alaska energy company involved in a bribery scheme.
7) "Approximately 60%, and possibly even 70%, of what we are seeing in the last decade can be attributed directly to greenhouse warming."
- DR. GREG HOLLAND, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, who authored a new report that shows the boost in Atlantic hurricanes is due to a warmer sea.
8) "In some ways we probably all underestimated the depth of the mistrust and how difficult it would be for these guys to come together on legislation."
- U.S. Defense Secretary ROBERT GATES, on Iraq's vacationing and squabbling politicians.
9) "We thought we had done all we could."
- Minn. bridge engineer DAN DORGAN, on the state's strategy of patchwork fixes and stepped-up inspections to improve the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed Wednesday. The bridge was deemed "structurally deficient" 17 years ago
10) "I don't think (the casino issue) affects my race ... I'm not bringing it up. I don't plan on talking about it."
- Kentucky Secretary of State, Trey Grayson, on what he plans on talking about at this weekend's annual "Fancy Farm" political picnic.
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