Login | Register Share:
  Guess quote | Authors | Isles | Contacts

Jane Harman [1945-0] American
Rank: 110
Politician, Former U.S. Representative


Jane Margaret Lakes Harman is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. 

Intelligence, Women



QuoteTagsRank
We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men. Women
101
In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.
102
I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
103
The Committee's review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how vital a diverse intelligence workforce is to our national security. Intelligence
104
The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.
105
We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups. Intelligence
106
So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.
107
A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.
108
Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.
109
But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.
110
In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms.
111
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
112
At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.
113
If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.
114

The script ran 0.08 seconds.