James Carafano Quotes

In terms of the physical resources the federal government brings to bear, the Corps of Engineers is going to be there a long, long time... Certainly, OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) will be engaged because of the safety issues, and cleanup will be enormous. EPA is going to be involved. - James Carafano

In many ways, this is a test of our national capacity... If we can't do this 24-7-365, we aren't doing our job for preparedness. - James Carafano

If you had a nuclear explosion and fire or something biological in New Orleans, you'd have seen tens of thousands of casualties... We don't really have the capacity to mobilize the medical support for catastrophic terrorism. - James Carafano

I think most of them get it ... and they know he gets it. There's more good will than you can imagine. - James Carafano

I do think that this is Rumsfeld 's war, and I think Rumsfeld thinks this is Rumsfeld 's war. - James Carafano

I can't think of one good example in history where a nation built another nation. Countries that succeed rebuild themselves. - James Carafano

I can't see the House acting in any way on the Senate, and I can't see the Senate acting in any way on the House. - James Carafano

He's stuck it out when lesser men would walk away. I don't care what you call that, hubris or whatever. I truthfully think just changing the captain on the ship wouldn't have made any difference. If anything, it may have slowed things down because at least that captain knows the mistakes he made. - James Carafano

Given that the tsunami killed 150,000 people [in Southeast Asia], I frankly think we responded pretty well to a storm that might have done the same, given the density of the population in the area where it hit. Essentially, Katrina was a nuclear bomb without a mushroom cloud or radiation. - James Carafano

Everybody can say everything came out of the QDR. You have the right to be skeptical. - James Carafano

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