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Make no mistake, outsourcing our problem to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is the worst possible choice for the administration, not only is it an abdication of our responsibility to allies who risked their lives for American forces, but it also unnecessarily sets up a potential continuing human rights disaster for people who have already endured years of persecution and threats of violence for their service to Robert Menendez. – Chris Purdy	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s pure political propaganda, it’s educational indoctrination, and it’s an abdication of your responsibility as leaders and educators in our public schools, there’s no specifics on the Biden side. – David Whitley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Senate Intelligence Committee is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It is retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Precipitously withdrawing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake. It is a retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished, an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated a concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. Those same voices in both parties should be equally concerned about the Joe Biden administration's announcement today. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Both of these organizations failed to intervene to save Navids life, now they must step up to save Mehdis life and protect all Iranian athletes. The fact that Wrestling Federation continues to neglect Wrestling Federation duty of care for athletes by failing to take action against Iran is a gross abdication of duty. Their willingness to stand by while athletes are jailed, tortured and executed can no longer be tolerated. The Wrestling Federation and UWW must act now. – Rob Koehler	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The delegation of addressing the pandemic to the states, and what can fairly be described as the abdication of any responsibility for the pandemic on the part of the federal government, have contributed to a debilitating sense of policy uncertainty that is dampening economic activity. – Joseph Brusuelas	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Most people will look upon 2019 as not a particularly good year for the institution but the queen came out pretty well, the monarchy has evolved over 1,000 years. It has had all sorts of circumstances running against it, but it has survived. It survived 1992, it survived the abdication of (King Edward VIII in) 1936, it survived 2019. – Dickie Arbiter	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He doesn't have to vote for it, every senator will have to make their own decision. But not to bring it to the floor is an abdication of his responsibility to the American people. – Steny Hoyer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think that would be a terrible abdication of our global leadership when it comes to advocating for people who are the subject of persecution. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is a new era. This is the Trump era, the lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws, and the catch and release practices of old are over. – Attorney General Sessions	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all. – Emily Dickinson	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Ignorance is king, many would not prosper by its abdication. – "A Canticle for Leibowitz"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Make no mistake, outsourcing our problem to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is the worst possible choice for the administration, not only is it an abdication of our responsibility to allies who risked their lives for American forces, but it also unnecessarily sets up a potential continuing human rights disaster for people who have already endured years of persecution and threats of violence for their service to Robert Menendez.

– Chris Purdy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s pure political propaganda, it’s educational indoctrination, and it’s an abdication of your responsibility as leaders and educators in our public schools, there’s no specifics on the Biden side.

– David Whitley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Senate Intelligence Committee is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It is retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It is retreat in the faceof an enemy that has not yet been vanquished and an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated the concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Precipitously withdrawing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake. It is a retreat in the face of an enemy that has not yet been vanquished, an abdication of American leadership, leaders in both parties, including me, offered criticism when the prior administration floated a concept of a reckless withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. Those same voices in both parties should be equally concerned about the Joe Biden administration's announcement today.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Both of these organizations failed to intervene to save Navids life, now they must step up to save Mehdis life and protect all Iranian athletes. The fact that Wrestling Federation continues to neglect Wrestling Federation duty of care for athletes by failing to take action against Iran is a gross abdication of duty. Their willingness to stand by while athletes are jailed, tortured and executed can no longer be tolerated. The Wrestling Federation and UWW must act now.

– Rob Koehler

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The delegation of addressing the pandemic to the states, and what can fairly be described as the abdication of any responsibility for the pandemic on the part of the federal government, have contributed to a debilitating sense of policy uncertainty that is dampening economic activity.

– Joseph Brusuelas

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Most people will look upon 2019 as not a particularly good year for the institution but the queen came out pretty well, the monarchy has evolved over 1,000 years. It has had all sorts of circumstances running against it, but it has survived. It survived 1992, it survived the abdication of (King Edward VIII in) 1936, it survived 2019.

– Dickie Arbiter

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He doesn't have to vote for it, every senator will have to make their own decision. But not to bring it to the floor is an abdication of his responsibility to the American people.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think that would be a terrible abdication of our global leadership when it comes to advocating for people who are the subject of persecution.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
6 years ago

This is a new era. This is the Trump era, the lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws, and the catch and release practices of old are over.

– Attorney General Sessions

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.

– Emily Dickinson

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Ignorance is king, many would not prosper by its abdication.

– "A Canticle for Leibowitz"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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