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" Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern. "
Matters
Truth
Know
" Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted. "
Tell
Truth
You
" Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat. "
Nor
Republican
Facts
" For 16 years I spoke in trial metaphors, and perhaps I need to get out of that habit. "
Out
Need
Habit
" Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor. "
Honestly
Lot
Prosecutor
" I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest. "
Good
Two
Number
" I cannot and will not raise money on Benghazi. I also advise my colleagues to follow suit. "
Follow
Suit
Money
" I do not want to stay in Washington. "
Want
Washington
Stay
" I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons. "
Legal
Police
Shoot
" I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges. "
Great
Employees
Like
" I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it. "
He
Think
President
" If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law? "
Turn
Power
Categories
" If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail! "
You
Show
Jury
" I listen to Gov. Romney have to apologize because he has been successful. "
Successful
Listen
Because
" I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do. "
Searching
Columbia
Tell
" I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia. "
District
Columbia
" I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor. "
Losing
Honor
Life
" It always matters whether or not you can trust your government. "
Trust
Government
Always
" I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source. "
Thought
Crown
Go
" It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries. "
American
Farm
Immigrant
" I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina. "
Trail
Campaign
Got
" My daughter took Latin for three years; she still can't speak it. "
She
Years
Three
" October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep. "
October
Language
Law
" The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption. "
You
Nature
Human Nature
" The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. "
First
First Amendment
Limitations
" The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law! "
Respect
Reason
Police
" There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job. "
Reason
Congress
Job
" There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes. "
Your
You
Political
" There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus. "
Get
Benghazi
Bottom
" There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself. "
Talking
Different
Privilege
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