Norm Coleman Quotes

Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. is an American lobbyist, attorney, and politician. From 2003 to 2009 he served as a U.S. Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002 he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party , Coleman became a Republican in 1996. He lost his 2008 Senate reelection bid to Al Franken by 312 votes out of over 3 million cast. As of 2019, he is the most recent Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. August 1949
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Norm Coleman Quotes

“Oil-for-food shows the need for reform. There was fraud, corruption, mismanagement. I come as an advocate of a strong United Nations. If you believe in reform, it’s going to be very hard if the guy leading the charge is stained.”

Commenting on a a scathing report on Kofi Annan’s oversight of the Iraq oil-for-food program. Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/sep/9/20050909-115404-7805r/?page=all (September 9, 2005).

“A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.”

Bush will add more than 20,000 troops to Iraq http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/10/iraq.bush/index.html CNN (January 11, 2007).

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