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I think you would be hard pressed to say [the debt ceiling debacle] was a positive thing, i think of it more as one other hurdle among a lot of other hurdles for the economy as it emerged from 9% unemployment at the time. – Michael Pugliese	Found on CNN 1 year ago
More concerning than the debacle last night is his career track record of not showing up for work, well documented by the AP and the Washington Post, he simply disappeared in previous roles as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Braddock where he quit attending council meetings altogether. The only thing worse than being incapable of advocating for his constituents, is being uninterested in the job. – John Ashbrook	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the (Hillary) Clinton debacle. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I believe he understands the challenges of our effort in Ukraine, but the politicians and foreign policy establishment are making strategic decisions, not military leaders, this should trouble all Americans as these are the know-nothing know-it-alls who oversaw the debacle in Afghanistan, and other foreign policy blunders, and have faced zero accountability. – Victoria Spartz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The report of Ford selling 8 million shares is not what any Rivian investor wants to see, the stock has been a debacle since the IPO. I think you're seeing with lockup ending, investors are hitting the sell button in a jittery market. – Dan Ives	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We need to be fearless in using Amir Levy/Getty Images, and when you are weak, when you allow the debacle in Afghanistan to result in the death of 13 Americans, this is precisely what bad guys will see. – Mike Pompeo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What’s happening in Eastern Europe is a direct result of the weakness and incompetence displayed by Joe Biden over the Afghanistan debacle, we’re seeing the enemies of this country in Eastern Europe, South China Sea, in Tehran — they’re making aggressive moves because they see a weak and incompetent commander-in-chief, and it is a shame to see President Biden react too late — too little, too late. – Jake Bequette	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Biden administration, let’s be candid, gives a lot of lip service to diplomacy first, I think that’s great, but in the wake of the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal, we have a lot of work to do in terms of restoring American credibility with our allies. – Mike Waltz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire. – Merrick Garland	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If Donald Trump was in office, we wouldn't be going through everything we're going through now. The economy would be booming. We wouldn't have had that debacle in Afghanistan. Donald Trump wouldn't have cut all the gas off, if Donald Trump was in office, I don't think we'd be going through half the things we're going through now. – Ann Patton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If the U.S. commitment to Taiwan falters, that will send a signal to the rest of the world that the Afghanistan debacle will pale to in comparison. – Heino Klinck	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Congress has a vital oversight role to play with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. To get to the bottom of what went wrong and prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, we must have administration officials testify, including Secretary Austin who has refused to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and we must hear from all relevant officials in order to hold the right people accountable. – Jim Risch	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Look, right now, we have families that are still stranded. so this is just completely unacceptable. And it's part of the debacle that has been this policy and Secretary Blinken needs to answer that. – Claudia Tenney	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
So this is just completely unacceptable. And it's part of the debacle that has been this policy and Secretary Blinken needs to answer that. – Claudia Tenney	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If this were President Trump, would there be a push for impeachment? We know the answer is yes. If this phone call didn't happen, if it was simply the Afghan debacle under President Trump? Would there be impeachment? Absolutely. If two top FDA executives resigned under President Trump, would there be a controversy? Yes, clearly we're not playing by the same rules a year ago. – Will Cain	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
No, I’m sorry, the American president and the secretary of defense set the conditions, but it seems just the opposite of that… it’s heartbreaking after 20 years in Afghanistan to see the blood, sweat and tears that have been spent there now evaporating into this debacle. – August Pfluger	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Trump administration announced eligibility, 65-plus, so you take a state like New York, that is seven million people are eligible for the vaccine, 65-plus, healthcare workers, essential workers, etc. Seven million people. We received 250,000 doses per week, so they constructed a tremendous supply and demand debacle. – Chris Cuomo	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
To get out of this debacle there is no alternative to having a significant majority of the population carrying a high level of neutralising antibodies. With today’s announcement that comes within our grasp, i suspect this will speed things by several months. An immune population by the spring starts to look feasible. – Danny Altmann	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
That's my biggest concern by far : Is there an adequate backup plan ? i do think that Georgia has been doing a lot of things to improve from the debacle of the primaries -- particularly the Atlanta-area counties -- but I don't think they've done enough to be ready for this fall. – Larry Norden	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This debacle could have been avoided. – Gerry Connolly	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Yesterday's election debacle lays bare the need to ensure a free and fair election for every Georgia voter, and our campaign will not stop working to achieve that goal. – Jon Ossoff	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I believe the debacle of the May delivery threatened a benchmark which has provided the industry with an invaluable price discovery and risk transfer tool for 37 years. – Patricia Hemsworth	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
There is no doubt that the Luckin debacle has put a cloud over the Chinese IPOs in the pipeline, but the interest for Chinese companies to list here in the U.S. remains strong. – Jason Ye	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Certainly this was not welcome news, but I don't think it's a debacle either, in general, investors are not overly concerned by the news from Apple as a read through to technology or the market overall. – Michael James	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I think you would be hard pressed to say [the debt ceiling debacle] was a positive thing, i think of it more as one other hurdle among a lot of other hurdles for the economy as it emerged from 9% unemployment at the time.

– Michael Pugliese

Found on CNN
1 year ago

More concerning than the debacle last night is his career track record of not showing up for work, well documented by the AP and the Washington Post, he simply disappeared in previous roles as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Braddock where he quit attending council meetings altogether. The only thing worse than being incapable of advocating for his constituents, is being uninterested in the job.

– John Ashbrook

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the (Hillary) Clinton debacle.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I believe he understands the challenges of our effort in Ukraine, but the politicians and foreign policy establishment are making strategic decisions, not military leaders, this should trouble all Americans as these are the know-nothing know-it-alls who oversaw the debacle in Afghanistan, and other foreign policy blunders, and have faced zero accountability.

– Victoria Spartz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The report of Ford selling 8 million shares is not what any Rivian investor wants to see, the stock has been a debacle since the IPO. I think you're seeing with lockup ending, investors are hitting the sell button in a jittery market.

– Dan Ives

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We need to be fearless in using Amir Levy/Getty Images, and when you are weak, when you allow the debacle in Afghanistan to result in the death of 13 Americans, this is precisely what bad guys will see.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What’s happening in Eastern Europe is a direct result of the weakness and incompetence displayed by Joe Biden over the Afghanistan debacle, we’re seeing the enemies of this country in Eastern Europe, South China Sea, in Tehran — they’re making aggressive moves because they see a weak and incompetent commander-in-chief, and it is a shame to see President Biden react too late — too little, too late.

– Jake Bequette

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Biden administration, let’s be candid, gives a lot of lip service to diplomacy first, I think that’s great, but in the wake of the debacle that was the Afghanistan withdrawal, we have a lot of work to do in terms of restoring American credibility with our allies.

– Mike Waltz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire.

– Merrick Garland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If Donald Trump was in office, we wouldn't be going through everything we're going through now. The economy would be booming. We wouldn't have had that debacle in Afghanistan. Donald Trump wouldn't have cut all the gas off, if Donald Trump was in office, I don't think we'd be going through half the things we're going through now.

– Ann Patton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the U.S. commitment to Taiwan falters, that will send a signal to the rest of the world that the Afghanistan debacle will pale to in comparison.

– Heino Klinck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Congress has a vital oversight role to play with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. To get to the bottom of what went wrong and prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, we must have administration officials testify, including Secretary Austin who has refused to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and we must hear from all relevant officials in order to hold the right people accountable.

– Jim Risch

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Look, right now, we have families that are still stranded. so this is just completely unacceptable. And it's part of the debacle that has been this policy and Secretary Blinken needs to answer that.

– Claudia Tenney

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

So this is just completely unacceptable. And it's part of the debacle that has been this policy and Secretary Blinken needs to answer that.

– Claudia Tenney

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If this were President Trump, would there be a push for impeachment? We know the answer is yes. If this phone call didn't happen, if it was simply the Afghan debacle under President Trump? Would there be impeachment? Absolutely. If two top FDA executives resigned under President Trump, would there be a controversy? Yes, clearly we're not playing by the same rules a year ago.

– Will Cain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

No, I’m sorry, the American president and the secretary of defense set the conditions, but it seems just the opposite of that… it’s heartbreaking after 20 years in Afghanistan to see the blood, sweat and tears that have been spent there now evaporating into this debacle.

– August Pfluger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Trump administration announced eligibility, 65-plus, so you take a state like New York, that is seven million people are eligible for the vaccine, 65-plus, healthcare workers, essential workers, etc. Seven million people. We received 250,000 doses per week, so they constructed a tremendous supply and demand debacle.

– Chris Cuomo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

To get out of this debacle there is no alternative to having a significant majority of the population carrying a high level of neutralising antibodies. With today’s announcement that comes within our grasp, i suspect this will speed things by several months. An immune population by the spring starts to look feasible.

– Danny Altmann

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

That's my biggest concern by far : Is there an adequate backup plan ? i do think that Georgia has been doing a lot of things to improve from the debacle of the primaries -- particularly the Atlanta-area counties -- but I don't think they've done enough to be ready for this fall.

– Larry Norden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This debacle could have been avoided.

– Gerry Connolly

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Yesterday's election debacle lays bare the need to ensure a free and fair election for every Georgia voter, and our campaign will not stop working to achieve that goal.

– Jon Ossoff

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I believe the debacle of the May delivery threatened a benchmark which has provided the industry with an invaluable price discovery and risk transfer tool for 37 years.

– Patricia Hemsworth

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There is no doubt that the Luckin debacle has put a cloud over the Chinese IPOs in the pipeline, but the interest for Chinese companies to list here in the U.S. remains strong.

– Jason Ye

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Certainly this was not welcome news, but I don't think it's a debacle either, in general, investors are not overly concerned by the news from Apple as a read through to technology or the market overall.

– Michael James

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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