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We hope to go to Sharm el-Sheikh with a clear roadmap of what has been accomplished with respect to those promises made, and what has been done to raise the level of ambition and commitment from those who haven't yet done that, that's our current target, with this effort here. We're currently gearing up to try to make sure that we can get done all the things I just described.

John Kerry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Success isn't about attaining some external target, it is about living up to what you are, and you can't without the truth.

Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

It's a moving target. I mean, I wish I could tell you, we have some timetables, but when we get 10,000 pages of information that we need to go through, it moves.

Bennie Thompson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we see tonight from Donald Trump these attacks on Vice President Biden’s family, I think we need to be very, very clear that what he’s doing here is amplifying Russia disinformation, we have The Washington Post reporting that Donald Trump himself has been briefed on Rudy Giuliani was a target of Russian intelligence..

Kate Bedingfield

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Of course, you know, if you attack civilians on purpose, target civilians purposely, then that’s not – that is a crime, so, these actions are under review by our State Department, and, of course, there will be and there’s a process that will go through to review all of this.

Lloyd Austin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It isn't all about reaching the target, it's also about coming out better

Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

We know that this is a scary situation, we know that our unsheltered residents already face a lot of daily dangers and it is unconscionable that anybody would target this vulnerable population.

Muriel Bowser

Found on CNN
2 years ago

But I was concentrating on taking care of the kids, and I thought it would just probably go [away]. You know if you try to answer everything that comes out then you’re constantly [responding], you’re wasting your time… Of course, it affects her, of course, it affects me. Misreading events is always detrimental… We’re an easy target, easily hit, because we’re in the public eye a lot.

Pascal Le

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The unfortunate reality is the more you have in terms of wealth and notoriety, the more you become a target, once you cross a certain threshold in one of the few different areas, you now have to invest in systems and then people and then plans and processes. The more you can develop your own life and portfolio in terms of wealth and notoriety and visibility into the world, the more you need to invest in securing your world.

Jeff Zisner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

On the day of protest, they tried to take away our Pride flags and stop us from distributing them at the event, i resisted, because Pride flags are a symbol of our community, of our embrace of our queerness, and when you have these bills trying to target and silence queer youth, I didn't understand. I thought it was irrational to try to take away our Pride flags at a rally that is about anti-gay legislation.

Jack Petocz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In our talks, behind closed doors and in the absence of the media, he told me looking in my eyes that the pictures of pregnant women being taken from under the rubble of the maternity house are fake, that they hit the maternity house as a military target because the Russian military was absolutely sure that it was under the control of Ukrainian army.

Dmytro Kuleba

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately, I can confirm that the Russian leadership, including Minister Lavrov, live in their own reality, in our talks, behind closed doors and in the absence of the media, he told me looking in my eyes that the pictures of pregnant women being taken from under the rubble of the maternity house are fake, that they hit the maternity house as a military target because the Russian military was absolutely sure that it was under the control of Ukrainian army.

Dmytro Kuleba

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The SPLC has perfected the art of smearing their opponents in a way that defies all sense of logic and objectivity, not only are those they often target not actually hateful, but often, actually fighting against hatred and standing for true human rights.

Brigitte Gabriel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If an adversary has a specialized plane aloft, it can detect [ a satellite ] signal and home in on it, it isn't necessarily easy, but the Russians have a lot of practice on tracking various signal emitters in Syria and responding. Starlink may work for the moment, but anyone setting a [ Starlink ] dish up in Ukraine needs to consider it as a potential giant target.

Nicholas Weaver

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Most of Russia's propaganda and disinformation about Ukraine for the last eight years, but certainly in the last couple of months, is focused on the Russian domestic population. That is their number one target.

Graham Shellenberger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Wentzville's policies still make it easy for any community member to force any book from the shelves even when they shamelessly target books by and about communities of color, LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups.

Anthony Rothert

Found on CNN
2 years ago

According to our information, the enemy marked me as target № 1, my family - as target № 2, they want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. We have information that enemy sabotage groups have entered Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
2 years ago

According to our information, the enemy marked me as the number one target. My family is the number two target.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am staying in the government quarter together with others, the enemy has designated me as the target number one, and my family as the target number two.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let’s suppose Putin takes Ukraine very quickly and establishes control very quickly, in a matter of weeks, then he will move on, the next target will perhaps be one of the Baltic states.

Valery Dzutsati

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Every major medical association in the country supports healthcare for transgender youth, but Republican Gov. Abbott is ignoring experts on children's issues to cruelly and viciously target transgender young people, businesses that operate in Texas and host high-profile events like SXSW should contact Gov. Republican Gov. Abbott and let Republican Gov. Abbott know how this will make doing business in the state more difficult and that the only result of Republican Gov. Abbott action will be unnecessary harm to trans people and parents of trans youth.

Kate Ellis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I can say with absolute certainty : If Russia further invades Ukraine, United States together with our allies and partners will impose significant and unprecedented economic costs, we will impose far-reaching financial sanctions and export controls. We will target Russia's financial institutions and key industries. And we will target those who are complicit and those who aid and abet this unprovoked invasion.

Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There is so much division because even if someone did want to speak out on what's right, they can't because they would become a target. the unacceptable truth is that Indigenous Americans on tribal lands do not have civil rights protections.

Gabe Galanda

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I grew up with these people and even though I may not be blood related to a lot of the people on the opposing side, we all considered each other family. there is so much division because even if someone did want to speak out on what's right, they can't because they would become a target.

Santana Rabang

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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