Jane Harman Quotes

• The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

  Jane Harman

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• We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

  Jane Harman

• We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

  Jane Harman

• There’s no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

  Jane Harman

• The Committee’s review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how vital a diverse intelligence workforce is to our national security.

  Jane Harman

• So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I’m really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

  Jane Harman

• Maybe it’s my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it’s longer.

  Jane Harman

• In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.

  Jane Harman

• In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms.

  Jane Harman

• If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.

  Jane Harman

• I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it’s necessary.

  Jane Harman

• But as I often say, terrorists won’t check our party registration before they blow us up.

  Jane Harman

• At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

  Jane Harman

• A lot of the things that we’ve been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.

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Jane Harman (14)

Birth:	28th June, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Jane Margaret Lakes Harman was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an American politician. She served as U.S.House of  Representative from California's 36th congressional district from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She served as a professor(public policy and international relations) at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. Resigning from Congress in February 2011, she became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She earned a BA degree in government with honors from Smith College in 1966. She earned his JD degree from Harvard Law School in 1969.

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