Debate Quotations | Page 5

With no debate in Congress or directive from the White House, the Pentagon has narrowly defined its role as 'homeland defense' against an enemy attack from outside the United States, limiting its role in disaster response to a last-resort backfill for civil authorities. Not surprisingly, that philosophy dictates a very passive posture.

give hope for a better future, but the political message from our debate is clear.

Given that by far the majority of those involved in the debate have not had the opportunity to view the episode, we feel it is important to give the public of New Zealand that chance.

Given our forecast, we do not expect that this statistical release will have much impact on the policy debate when the Fed meets,

Frelinghuysen basically said Murtha was helping the terrorists. The debate that day was about repudiating John Murtha.

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

Senator Kerry is very relaxed. He's very much at peace. He's confident. He feels the debates have gone well. He's looking forward to the Boston Red Sox winning.

Senator Kerry had one bar to meet coming into this debate and that is he had to establish some type of credibility on the issue of Iraq. Not only did he fail to do that, but he further undermined his own credibility.

So I'm going to reveal something to you. As there is a public debate, I had one too with my assistant coaches and we have decided, for the first time, that we will not reveal the lineup of the team before the match.

Harry Reid is not an honest broker in this debate and has proven he will manipulate the issue at any cost.