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Jane Harman
American
Politician
About the author
Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Fame
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Men
#Muslim
#Women
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Community
#Intelligence
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Deep
#Leader
The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Problems
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Successful
#Will
#Committee
#Play
#Being
#Congress
#Democrats
#Intelligence
#Tomorrow
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Law
#First
#School
#Women
If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Will
I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Party
At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Time
#Israel
#Violence
#Actions
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Years
#Ideas
#Intelligence
In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#World
#Post
#Diversity
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.
Jane Harman,
American
Politician
#Committee
#Iraq
#Intelligence
#National security