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I was kind of like, this can't be serious, because everything they're saying is so ridiculous, now, in retrospect, we really did dodge a bullet in terms of our democracy, because these folks were not playing. – Jen Jordan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They were very, very late in removing monetary policy accommodation, that's going to turn out, in retrospect, to be a bit of a policy mistake. – Bill Dudley	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's hard for me to talk about, i'm Michael Franks, I think anyone would have done that, but I know maybe in retrospect, maybe not. – Michael Franks	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant, as more people arrived, the tables were pushed together. Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it. In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize. – Gretchen Whitmer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think in retrospect, yeah we should have( left)... I don't think it was possible for us to just abruptly walk away right after we killed bin Laden, but clearly we could have earlier than we did. – Staff Adm. Mike Mullen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
While this organization did successfully vaccinate some 6,900 people, in retrospect it was a mistake for the Department of Public Health to ask the organization to operate these clinics. As the person in charge of the Department of Public Health, I bear the ultimate responsibility for that mistake. – Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In retrospect I would have used different wording. – Mark Esper	Found on CNN 3 years ago
He had the advantage, in retrospect, that that's the only thing he grew up with, right ? In a sense, one of his strengths is that he's a purist to That SaaS model. – Eric Yuan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In retrospect, I didnt have enough empathy to really, truly understand what he must have felt like to step into Mel Gibsons shoes. That is frightening, and I think because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves instead of saying to each other, This is scary for you, and its scary for me, too. Lets be nice to each other. – Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The World Health Organization has been The World Health Organization, everything theyve said was wrong. And theyre China-centric. They agree with China, whatever China wants to do. So our country, perhaps foolishly in retrospect, has been paying $ 450 million a year to The World Health Organization. And Chinas been paying $ 38 million a year. ... So Ill have to make a decision on that. ... They missed every single call. – President Donald Trump aboard	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real. – Douglas MacArthur	added by Normando 4 years ago
This is an example par excellenceof thedehumanization of women, monica Lewinsky was anindividual, she obviously likedhim.She had a personality, shewanted to get to know him, and he now in retrospect says oh shewas just something like Xanax or Valium for me. – Bill Clinton	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
She continues to grieve for Harry Dunn and Harry Dunn family LAWYERS PUSH UNLIKELY PERSON-OF-INTEREST SWAP IN EPSTEIN-DUNN CASES British press has reported that Anne Sacoolas and Anne Sacoolas husband are both U.S. spies, with the Daily Mail reportingSacoolasis a CIA agent. Fox News could not confirm those claims. Fox News doesnt matter to me what her job role was or is or who she was married to or who shes employed by, said Charles, who added that Anne Sacoolas has not reached out to Anne Sacoolas family. She, unfortunately, took the life of our son. It doesnt matter who you are. You face the justice system for that. The Crown Prince Prosecution Service charged Anne Sacoolas with causing death by dangerous driving in December. The maximum sentence is 14 years imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases. Dunns family said before Anne Sacoolas fled they had no intention of seeking prison time and were willing to negotiate, but now that decision is up to British prosecutors. She would have been home by now, Charles said. The The United Kingdom government officially submitted The UK government extradition request in January. which was rejected by U.S. Secretary of January Pompeo, saying The UK government would make diplomatic immunity a practical nullity. In fact, the State Department called the UKs request highly inappropriate. Dunns family argues by refusing to extradite Anne Sacoolas to the The United Kingdom, the U.S. is violating the extradition treaty signed by both nations and the Vienna Convention. Im angry at the fact that the diplomatic immunity cloak is being wrapped around her, im angry that its being used to protect her when diplomatic immunity is not there for that. Its there to protect diplomats when they are in danger in countries that may not be as equal in their justice systems as the The United Kingdom and the US are. The United Kingdom has issued an extrication request for Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an American diplomat accused of killing a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road in The United Kingdom last summer. ( Facebook) Charles told Fox News Anne Sacoolas feels abandoned by both the U.S. and The United Kingdom governments. Neither Prime Minister Boris Johnson nor Secretary of January Pompeo have personally reached out to the family. Im disgusted, she said. The UK government is meant to look after you and protect you and fight for you and at the moment, I dont feel that that has happened. Across the pond, British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has been accused of misleading Dunns family and working in the interests of the U.S. government. British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has been accused of being more concerned with kowtowing to the President Trump administration, rather than standing up for Dunns family. Last week, at the House of Commons, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, demanded British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab be fired. Charles said British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has offered a fourth meeting with the family but British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab says British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab is reluctant to accept the invitation. Were still without proof of what they are trying to do to help us, Charlestold Fox News. And were getting to the point where were fed up with continuing to talk without any actions being put behind it. The latest direct plea to President President Trump, comes after the family met with President Trump at a last-minute meeting in October at White House that the president said Boris Johnson asked for. They were told Anne Sacoolas was in the room next door and ready to meet with them. Charles declined, calling the ambush not appropriate and in retrospect Anne Sacoolas toldFox News, Anne Sacoolas thinks the meeting was meant to intimidate Anne Sacoolas into agreeing to drop Anne Sacoolas extradition request. Anne Sacoolas, WIFE OF US DIPLOMAT, FORMALLY CHARGED IN DEATH OF BRITISH TEENAGER I didnt feel intimidated at the time. On reflection, clearly he [ Trump ] was trying to put the pressure on to get us to do what President Trump wanted, Charlessaid. He mentioned it not just once but three or four times. Tried to get us to realize that maybe the best thing to do would be to meet the nice lady as he put it. At the White House, Charles said she believed the president listened to her when she implored him to put himself in her shoes. – Charlotte Charles	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
That was, I see in retrospect, a mistake for which I am solely responsible. – Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
In retrospect, I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections. – Kurt Volker	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This past Saturday, during our clubhouse celebration, I used inappropriate language for which I am deeply sorry and embarrassed, in retrospect, I realize that my comments were unprofessional and inappropriate. – Brandon Taubman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part ... I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That's where I made the mistake, so I take full responsibility for that. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way. – Hunter Biden	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In retrospect, the criticism of the Human Rights Campaign was unfair, the murder of Matthew Shepard was a horrifying crime, and it is appropriate for the Human Rights Campaign to call special attention to a crime motivated by hatred. I regret the suggestion that it was improper. – Steven Menashi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
That was my call, in retrospect, we could have done that differently. – Leigh Russell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was finding out along with you guys and the world what had happened to my children. So in retrospect, the mom in me was like, fry Travis Pressley, fry Travis Pressley, absolutely. But from the beginning, I have maintained -- I'm not a death penalty -- I'm a strong believer in no death penalty. – Amber Kyzer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I know my lack of education led to my wrestling career ending, when I had a concussion I would still go out there. Now I know in retrospect it is dangerous not only for me but also my opponent. If I had a headache or felt nausea I shouldn't be out there with my opponent. – Christopher Nowinski	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's going to be anger associated, when things of this nature occur, the first thing people do is look in retrospect, what could we have done to maybe prevent this ? I know our detectives do the best they can. – Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The story doesn't have to be all the details. But there should be nothing that would be considered a lie in retrospect, it could be a partial story. It could be less technical. But it has to be based in truth. Because once you go down the road of telling a non-truth, then it's very difficult to extricate yourself from that. – David Sandberg	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I probably, you know, in retrospect, I should have, and I did last year, and I will virtually every year, but we had come in very later at night and I had just left, literally, the American cemetery in Paris and I really probably assumed that was fine, and I was extremely busy because of affairs of state doing other things. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago

I was kind of like, this can't be serious, because everything they're saying is so ridiculous, now, in retrospect, we really did dodge a bullet in terms of our democracy, because these folks were not playing.

– Jen Jordan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were very, very late in removing monetary policy accommodation, that's going to turn out, in retrospect, to be a bit of a policy mistake.

– Bill Dudley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's hard for me to talk about, i'm Michael Franks, I think anyone would have done that, but I know maybe in retrospect, maybe not.

– Michael Franks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant, as more people arrived, the tables were pushed together. Because we were all vaccinated, we didn’t stop to think about it. In retrospect, I should have thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize.

– Gretchen Whitmer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think in retrospect, yeah we should have( left)... I don't think it was possible for us to just abruptly walk away right after we killed bin Laden, but clearly we could have earlier than we did.

– Staff Adm. Mike Mullen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While this organization did successfully vaccinate some 6,900 people, in retrospect it was a mistake for the Department of Public Health to ask the organization to operate these clinics. As the person in charge of the Department of Public Health, I bear the ultimate responsibility for that mistake.

– Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In retrospect I would have used different wording.

– Mark Esper

Found on CNN
3 years ago

He had the advantage, in retrospect, that that's the only thing he grew up with, right ? In a sense, one of his strengths is that he's a purist to That SaaS model.

– Eric Yuan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In retrospect, I didnt have enough empathy to really, truly understand what he must have felt like to step into Mel Gibsons shoes. That is frightening, and I think because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves instead of saying to each other, This is scary for you, and its scary for me, too. Lets be nice to each other.

– Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The World Health Organization has been The World Health Organization, everything theyve said was wrong. And theyre China-centric. They agree with China, whatever China wants to do. So our country, perhaps foolishly in retrospect, has been paying $ 450 million a year to The World Health Organization. And Chinas been paying $ 38 million a year. ... So Ill have to make a decision on that. ... They missed every single call.

– President Donald Trump aboard

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

– Douglas MacArthur

added by Normando
4 years ago

This is an example par excellenceof thedehumanization of women, monica Lewinsky was anindividual, she obviously likedhim.She had a personality, shewanted to get to know him, and he now in retrospect says oh shewas just something like Xanax or Valium for me.

– Bill Clinton

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

She continues to grieve for Harry Dunn and Harry Dunn family LAWYERS PUSH UNLIKELY PERSON-OF-INTEREST SWAP IN EPSTEIN-DUNN CASES British press has reported that Anne Sacoolas and Anne Sacoolas husband are both U.S. spies, with the Daily Mail reportingSacoolasis a CIA agent. Fox News could not confirm those claims. Fox News doesnt matter to me what her job role was or is or who she was married to or who shes employed by, said Charles, who added that Anne Sacoolas has not reached out to Anne Sacoolas family. She, unfortunately, took the life of our son. It doesnt matter who you are. You face the justice system for that. The Crown Prince Prosecution Service charged Anne Sacoolas with causing death by dangerous driving in December. The maximum sentence is 14 years imprisonment, although this is usually reserved for the most serious cases. Dunns family said before Anne Sacoolas fled they had no intention of seeking prison time and were willing to negotiate, but now that decision is up to British prosecutors. She would have been home by now, Charles said. The The United Kingdom government officially submitted The UK government extradition request in January. which was rejected by U.S. Secretary of January Pompeo, saying The UK government would make diplomatic immunity a practical nullity. In fact, the State Department called the UKs request highly inappropriate. Dunns family argues by refusing to extradite Anne Sacoolas to the The United Kingdom, the U.S. is violating the extradition treaty signed by both nations and the Vienna Convention. Im angry at the fact that the diplomatic immunity cloak is being wrapped around her, im angry that its being used to protect her when diplomatic immunity is not there for that. Its there to protect diplomats when they are in danger in countries that may not be as equal in their justice systems as the The United Kingdom and the US are. The United Kingdom has issued an extrication request for Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an American diplomat accused of killing a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road in The United Kingdom last summer. ( Facebook) Charles told Fox News Anne Sacoolas feels abandoned by both the U.S. and The United Kingdom governments. Neither Prime Minister Boris Johnson nor Secretary of January Pompeo have personally reached out to the family. Im disgusted, she said. The UK government is meant to look after you and protect you and fight for you and at the moment, I dont feel that that has happened. Across the pond, British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has been accused of misleading Dunns family and working in the interests of the U.S. government. British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has been accused of being more concerned with kowtowing to the President Trump administration, rather than standing up for Dunns family. Last week, at the House of Commons, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, demanded British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab be fired. Charles said British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab has offered a fourth meeting with the family but British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab says British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab is reluctant to accept the invitation. Were still without proof of what they are trying to do to help us, Charlestold Fox News. And were getting to the point where were fed up with continuing to talk without any actions being put behind it. The latest direct plea to President President Trump, comes after the family met with President Trump at a last-minute meeting in October at White House that the president said Boris Johnson asked for. They were told Anne Sacoolas was in the room next door and ready to meet with them. Charles declined, calling the ambush not appropriate and in retrospect Anne Sacoolas toldFox News, Anne Sacoolas thinks the meeting was meant to intimidate Anne Sacoolas into agreeing to drop Anne Sacoolas extradition request. Anne Sacoolas, WIFE OF US DIPLOMAT, FORMALLY CHARGED IN DEATH OF BRITISH TEENAGER I didnt feel intimidated at the time. On reflection, clearly he [ Trump ] was trying to put the pressure on to get us to do what President Trump wanted, Charlessaid. He mentioned it not just once but three or four times. Tried to get us to realize that maybe the best thing to do would be to meet the nice lady as he put it. At the White House, Charles said she believed the president listened to her when she implored him to put himself in her shoes.

– Charlotte Charles

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

That was, I see in retrospect, a mistake for which I am solely responsible.

– Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

In retrospect, I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections.

– Kurt Volker

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This past Saturday, during our clubhouse celebration, I used inappropriate language for which I am deeply sorry and embarrassed, in retrospect, I realize that my comments were unprofessional and inappropriate.

– Brandon Taubman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part ... I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That's where I made the mistake, so I take full responsibility for that. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way.

– Hunter Biden

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In retrospect, the criticism of the Human Rights Campaign was unfair, the murder of Matthew Shepard was a horrifying crime, and it is appropriate for the Human Rights Campaign to call special attention to a crime motivated by hatred. I regret the suggestion that it was improper.

– Steven Menashi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That was my call, in retrospect, we could have done that differently.

– Leigh Russell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was finding out along with you guys and the world what had happened to my children. So in retrospect, the mom in me was like, fry Travis Pressley, fry Travis Pressley, absolutely. But from the beginning, I have maintained -- I'm not a death penalty -- I'm a strong believer in no death penalty.

– Amber Kyzer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I know my lack of education led to my wrestling career ending, when I had a concussion I would still go out there. Now I know in retrospect it is dangerous not only for me but also my opponent. If I had a headache or felt nausea I shouldn't be out there with my opponent.

– Christopher Nowinski

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's going to be anger associated, when things of this nature occur, the first thing people do is look in retrospect, what could we have done to maybe prevent this ? I know our detectives do the best they can.

– Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The story doesn't have to be all the details. But there should be nothing that would be considered a lie in retrospect, it could be a partial story. It could be less technical. But it has to be based in truth. Because once you go down the road of telling a non-truth, then it's very difficult to extricate yourself from that.

– David Sandberg

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I probably, you know, in retrospect, I should have, and I did last year, and I will virtually every year, but we had come in very later at night and I had just left, literally, the American cemetery in Paris and I really probably assumed that was fine, and I was extremely busy because of affairs of state doing other things.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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