Jennifer Palmieri Quotes

The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.

I'm an appointee of President Obama.

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.

I went to the White House, and met the president.. We in trouble

I remember having lunch with a friend who worked at the White House. I'd just graduated from law school but kept telling my friend what they needed to do and weren't doing right about the Iran-Contra affair. The next day, I got a call from the White House, offering me a job.

'Bombshell' is a remarkable podcast. In the course of it, three people who know what they are talking about cover 'military strategy, White House mayhem, and the best cocktails'.

Uncle Sam’s Latest Greatest Shortest War

China remains too important for America's national security to risk the relationship on the emotions of the moment.... No government in the world would have tolerated having the main square of its capital occupied by tens of thousands of demonstrators.

For 18 months after September 11, it was unpatriotic to criticize the President. That is how he was able to lead us into the War in Iraq. In normal times the proposed war would never have withstood the criticism.

The Republican Party was threatening to close down the government and hassling President Obama about his birth certificate when he is trying to get Osama bin Laden.

I am a politician and must gamble with the future.

In Washington, the funds available to the several other agencies for their overseas operations exceed those available to the State Department; the White House has not always given the State Department the necessary support.

The attached paper is sensitive, particularly if its existence were to leak. It has not been given, and will not be given to any other official of the government. Title: Implications of an Unfavorable Outcome in Vietnam.

If American citizens don’t trust their government, why should friendly foreigners? If American citizens challenge the authority of American government, why shouldn’t unfriendly governments?

I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest.

I think the White House is a better place for not having a Steve Bannon in it.

I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out.

Don't drag the Mossad into political arguments. These are people who can't defend themselves.

I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.

'West Wing' was a show about politics.

Yeah, I want a job in Barack's Cabinet. How about a job, Mr. Obama? Please? Please?

It is reckless for a presidential candidate to publicly raise doubts about honoring treaty commitments with our allies.

At least from a national security standpoint, none of the problems the U.S. and U.K. face will become easier to solve if the U.K. is out of the E.U.; on the contrary, I fear that a 'Brexit' would only make our world even more dangerous and difficult to manage.

Under Obama, we have seen the U.S. military - the most exceptional force for peace in the world - degraded, downsized, decimated and demeaned, resulting in massive international instability and potential threats to our homeland.