#urgency

My emotional and intellectual response to Hiroshima was that the question of the social responsibility of a journalist was posed with greater urgency than ever. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#ever #greater #hiroshima #intellectual #journalist

I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#al-qaeda #am #commander #encouraged #face

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. ↗

— James Hansen

#coincides #discussions #emissions #gas #gases

I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet. ↗

— Karl Malone

#been #done #game #healthy #how

Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible. ↗

— Harry Reid

#country #dangerous #defeat #effort #help

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. ↗

— John Abizaid

#i #i do #know #military #military operation

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view. ↗

— Michael Arad

#i #little #long #longer #measured

The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#american #american people #army #creating #dangerous

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#clear #concrete #defeating #forces #handing

I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths. ↗

— George Carey

#between #dialogue #faiths #given #great