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Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 in a press conference:

The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010

Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010

Janet Napolitano
stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 3, 2010

Lamar McKay
stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week':

A letter from BP to the Minerals Management Service "actually recommends improvements and specific recommendations around safety regulations should they choose to change them."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2010

Bill Maher
stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week':

"Brazil got off oil in the last 30 years."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2010

Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

"Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 27, 2010

Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

The financial services bill will end "too-big-to-fail."

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2010

Bob Corker
stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

The Banking Committee voted a 1,336-page bill "out of committee in 21 minutes with no amendments, with the understanding that before the bill came to the floor, we would reach this bipartisan agreement."

By Catharine Richert • April 25, 2010

Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East."

April 20, 2010

Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."

By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2010

Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."

April 18, 2010

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

"I don't answer hypotheticals."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 13, 2010

Charles Schumer
stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."

April 13, 2010

Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."

April 12, 2010

Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2010

Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."

April 11, 2010

Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":

"President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2010

Lawrence Summers
stated on April 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":

On financial reform, there is "a million dollars being spent, per congressman, in lobbying expenses on this issue. (The) industry has four lobbyists per member of the House and Senate working on this."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2010

Nancy Pelosi
stated on February 28, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

The Democrats' health care bills would end "the denial of ... coverage to those who have a pre-existing condition," while the Republican bill would not.

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2010

Dick Cheney
stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."

By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2010

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