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" I am frustrated and outraged by the slow nature of change at the VA. "
John McCain
I Am
Nature
Change
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" On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done. "
John McCain
Trying
Done
Battle
" Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions. "
John McCain
Decisions
Information
Great
" On Putin's order, Russian security services try to destabilize NATO allies the U.S. has sworn to defend. "
John McCain
Order
Allies
Try
" On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there. "
John McCain
War
Freedom
Trying
" And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat? "
John McCain
Lost
House
Defeat
" The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on. "
John McCain
Problem
Attention
Congress
" We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal! "
John McCain
Party
Government
Important
" We all know spending levels for defense and other urgent priorities have been woefully inadequate for years. But we haven't found the will to work together to adjust them. "
John McCain
Together
Know
Work
" Saddam Hussein is a risk-taking aggressor who has attacked four countries, used chemical weapons against his own people, professed a desire to harm the United States and its allies, and, even faced with the prospect of his regime's imminent destruction, has still refused to abide by Security Council demands that he disarm. "
John McCain
Against
Desire
Own
" I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline. "
John McCain
Believe
Discipline
I Am
" We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do. "
John McCain
Know
Need
American
" I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also. "
John McCain
Sunset
See
Evolution
" I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. "
John McCain
Always
Given
Doubt
" Frankly, I would never accept an award from Vladimir Putin because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher, this KGB agent, which is what he is. "
John McCain
Kind
Award
Accept
" As he assumes the awesome responsibilities of the presidency, Donald Trump has inherited a world on fire and a U.S. military weakened by years of senseless budget cuts. I am encouraged that he recognizes these problems and has pledged to rebuild the military. "
John McCain
Problems
World
Budget
" I think that Fox News is a bit schizophrenic. "
John McCain
I Think
News
Fox
" I think it's important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans - not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war. "
John McCain
Who
Think
War
" I believe that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. I believe it's clear that he had every intention to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. I can only imagine what Saddam Hussein would be doing with the wealth he would acquire with oil at $110 and $120 a barrel. "
John McCain
World
Wealth
Doing
" The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time. "
John McCain
Interesting
Tea
Think
" What is most troubling about Mr. Putin's aggression in Crimea is that it reflects a growing disregard for America's credibility in the world. That has emboldened other aggressive actors - from Chinese nationalists to Al Qaeda terrorists and Iranian theocrats. "
John McCain
Aggression
Growing
America
" Public life has many more privileges than hardships. "
John McCain
Hardships
More
Than
" I consider myself a realist. "
John McCain
Consider
Myself
Realist
" You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party. I think it would be foolish to ignore them. "
John McCain
You
People
Think
" You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare. "
John McCain
Tell
You
Leave
" I admire the Islam. There's a lot of good principles in it. "
John McCain
Principles
Admire
Good
" I'm sick and tired of only being asked about everything that Donald Trump says or does. "
John McCain
Sick
Donald Trump
Everything
" War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. "
John McCain
War
Fraud
Beyond
" When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in. "
John McCain
Children
Man
Strength
" Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in. It could cost our reputation in history as the nation distinct from all others in our achievements, our identity, and our enduring influence on mankind. Our values are central to all three. "
John McCain
Hope
Values
Identity
" Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values. "
John McCain
Leadership
World
Political