#policy

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy. ↗

— Oliver North

#american #american foreign policy #coordinate #council #foreign

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy. ↗

— Barack Obama

#against #ask #clearly #end #going

The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States. ↗

— John Olver

#bush #choice #civilian #conduct #cost

And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic policy framework, one should take into account the overall political environment and the institutional framework within which economic policy operates. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#appropriate #country #economic #economic policy #environment

The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#foreign #foreign policy #his #john #kennedy

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#defend #destruction #eventually #fact #inescapable

In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands. ↗

— Ralph Regula

#congress #i #improved #lands #lot

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought. ↗

— Elihu Root

#always #another #country #desire #first

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears. ↗

— Ridley Scott

#keep #part #policy #switching

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#anything #cannot #discussion #enforcement #evil