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Vote: | Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade. |
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Vote: | I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly. |
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Vote: | In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein. |
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Vote: | Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests. |
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Vote: | Let me be clear, Mr. President, mistakes have been made in Iraq. And this operation has been far from perfect as evidenced by the fact that Zarqawi and other terrorists continue to wreak havoc throughout Iraq. |
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Vote: | Our ability to turn over control to a peaceful and sovereign Iraqi government is an integral part of the overall war on terror. |
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Vote: | The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests. |
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Vote: | The United States is the leader of the free world. |
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Vote: | The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world. |
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Vote: | There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling. |
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Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. She is a Republican.
Born Elizabeth Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, she attended Duke University, graduating in 1958, obtaining a master's degree from Harvard University in 1960 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1965.
She moved to Washington, DC as a Democrat in 1966, working on issues concerning the handicapped. In 1968 she became an independent and worked in the Nixon White House as executive director of the President's Committee for Consumer Interests. Nixon appointed her to a seven-year term on the Federal Trade Commission. In 1975, she became a Republican.
She married Senator Robert J. Dole as his second wife on December 6, 1975. She is the second spouse of a former Senator to be elected to the Senate from a different state from her spouse's (the first was Kansas Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, who married former Tennessee Senator Howard Baker).
She was United States Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan and United States Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990 under George H. W. Bush.
From 1991 to 2000 she was president of the American Red Cross.
Dole ran for the Republican nomination in the US presidential election of 2000, but pulled out of the race in October 1999 before any of the primaries, largely on account of inadequate fundraising. Dole did place third in a large field in the Iowa Straw Poll. The Iowa Straw Poll is the first, non-binding, test of electability for the GOP nomination. She finished behind George W. Bush and Steve Forbes.
In 2002 she sought election to the Senate from North Carolina. She defeated her Democratic opponent Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton. The Republican nomination for the seat was made available by the retirement of Jesse Helms.
In November of 2004, following Republican gains in the United States Senate, Dole became chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, placing her in the top Republican Senate leadership. She narrowly edged out Senator Norm Coleman for the post. She is seen as a possible Vice Presidential nominee for the GOP in 2008.
Books *Unlimited Partners: Our American Story (written with Bob Dole) (1996).
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