Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.
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Related When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 atta... PETER L. BERGEN I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. m... BRADLEY BYRNE Unfortunately, since its passage in 1973, the War Powers Resolution has been stripped of its origina... SCOTT GARRETT Well, no American wants to in any way hurt our capabilities to national defense, but that doesn'... CHUCK HAGEL Most of the elapsed time in a credit card authorization is on initiating and establishing the connec... GREG GRIFFITHS More than a decade and half after 9/11, U.S. military actions in countries such as Syria, Iraq and A... PETER BERGEN Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and u... BERNIE SANDERS The use of military force against a sovereign nation is an act of war. Article I, Section 8 of the C... SCOTT GARRETT I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I... KEVIN MITNICK Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to... CHRIS GIBSON I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can av... ROBERT KAGAN Maryland police officers do not have any authority or authorization to enforce immigration laws, CHARLES MOOSE At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizin... DAVID HERBERT DONALD I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presen... KATE BOSWORTH I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling con... VANESSA MINNILLO The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N.... PETER BERGEN It was the result of an incorrect communication through a third-party network provider that affected... GERALD DAVIS Since September 11 2001, editors in America have faced some excruciating choices, as the attempt to ... BILL KELLER I didn't craft the authorization. I am responding to a lawful order. GENMICHAEL HAYDEN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorizat... GARY JOHNSON McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance. PAT ROBERTSON I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal governm... JAMES MEREDITH There clearly back in 2001 was an effort to use to the PATRIOT Act for political power. Anyone who q... BOB BARR The Democratic policy is any abortion, any time, for any reason at any point in a woman's pregna... CARLY FIORINA I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly b... MICHELE BACHMANN It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish an... NEAL ASHER To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is ... ALBERT CAMUS It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON The stories I work on, especially for any length of time, do tend to become personal to me. ALEX TIZON Human divisions would be child's play for any reasonably competent alien overlord to exploit - c... NICK SAGAN I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid ... ROBERT KAGAN I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eig... KATE BURTON I learned to be far more skeptical of what I'm told by presidents, no matter who the presidents ... HILLARY CLINTON I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it'... PAT TOOMEY We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use mili... OTTO SCHILY When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They did... ARTHUR SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become ... SERENA WILLIAMS I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time... CALVIN JOHNSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to ... EVERETT DIRKSEN It's incredibly unusual. I have never been aware of any church having any staff member for that leng... DALE RAINES We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. B... ARIEL SHARON The executive power of our country is not an imperial power. The president has demonstrated a danger... CAROLINE FREDRICKSON I've thought about bringing my children to retrace my own steps of the morning of September 11, ... DOUGLAS BRUNT Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity. PATRICK CHAPPATTE As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of '... DREW GILPIN FAUST No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster f... BILL WALTON On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now... RUDY GIULIANI Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, h... MARGARET HALSEY I've found that there's a lot to invigorate in any country or destination - it's all abo... BOB BEAMON I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevatin... JURGEN HABERMAS It's now clear that the wage concession would not give them enough cash to continue for any time fra... BRETT CALDWELL I applied for a job at 'The New York Times' many years ago, and felt correctly that my life ... GLORIA EMERSON I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to... JOE ARPAIO I played for the first time in nine years about three weeks ago, ... It was interesting. IVAN LENDL The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and fo... RUSS CARNAHAN About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought Kenny Loggins' house in Santa Barbara. It was way out o... JEFF BRIDGES I would love to be nominated for an award at some point or do something that at least engenders the ... STEPHEN AMELL In an emergency, I believe the president of the United States has the authority to protect the Ameri... MIKE DEWINE For me, it would be pointless to write a novel that I knew I could complete within a specific length... CHARLES PALLISER I see no signs that China plans to use its military to attack countries on its borders, ... I see no... ANDY ROTHMAN Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other. CLAYTON MOORE I wasn't a shrinking violet when I joined Fox News. I didn't have any power at Fox - I had n... MEGYN KELLY If you just give somebody a blank check without any deliverables associated with that, you're no... WALKER STAPLETON I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the hum... DANIEL H. WILSON I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible. PHILIPPE PETIT For years, the Bush Administration eviscerated all the military and legal structures that were desig... ALEX GIBNEY My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, an... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I nursed Mason for 14 months and Penelope for 16, and I loved it. It was built-in time that the two ... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to ... GARY SHERMAN Current authorization levels are nowhere near the amounts that are needed to do the job. DAVE MILLER I literally can't get anywhere now without the map on my phone. I used to use an A-Z when I firs... EMILY BERRINGTON I have vintage things that I got nine, 10 years ago, and every time I clean my closet, I can't g... CAMILA ALVES I don't want the F-B-I to forget what a primary change of direction for them has been since Nine-Ele... CHUCK GRASSLEY If assurances were given of how any nominee ? whether this nominee or anybody else ? and somebody gi... PATRICK LEAHY Anything, Any time, Anywhere - for no Reason at All. FRANK ZAPPA The first time I voted, I voted for Eugene McCarthy and I knew he wouldn't win, but it felt so g... EILEEN MYLES I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein... ZADIE SMITH Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time beca... HAROLD RAMIS 'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY At one stage, I didn't have any money, so I slept on the streets for a few nights. It wasn't... KERRY STOKES I am a glutton. I'll eat whatever is there. Pizza. I love hot dogs anywhere. I've got nothin... JACQUES PEPIN I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and... MADS MIKKELSEN If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that th... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ...if you aren't, at any given time, scandalized by code you wrote five or even three years ago, you... NICK BLACK It's more of a statement film and kind of a cynical statement at that. It explores the idea that war... JOAQUIN PHOENIX If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd go... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they g... MARGARET HALSEY On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know wh... ALAN COLMES I don't think any studio - it was a long shot at the time - but I don't think any studio in ... CALLIE KHOURI The only reason I look back is to check if I've been doing something wrong. I look at things fro... 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