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  Carl Levin - Uncyclopedia
Carl Levin is an unaborted human who is a brilliant military stategist and senator who sits as the Chair on the United States Senate Armed Services Committee - the obvious position for someone who has never held a gun in his life.
Carl Ilyich Levin was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 28, 1934 after his parents Joseph Stalin and Kate Richards O'Hare had too much to drink at a human rights summit nine months earlier.
Levin triumphantly graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959 and was soon admitted to the Michigan bar.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Carl_Levin   (393 words)

  
 Carl Levin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Levin was subsequently re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, and 2002.
Carl Levin is working to prevent garbage from Canada (typically about 160 trucks per day) from being disposed of in Michigan.
Levin chaired the committee when the Democrats were the majority party in the Senate, January 3-20, 2001 and June 6, 2001 - January 6, 2003 and will chair the committee again in 2007 when Democrats take control of the Senate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Levin   (1033 words)

  
 Debbie Schlussel
Levin's demagoguery is disgusting, but incompetent Michigan Republicans (who also like to be liberal all too often) repeatedly fail to field a legitimate, conservative opponent who can beat him.
Levin pressured the Clinton administration to stop trying to deport his crony, Islamic Terrorists Imad Hamad, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Levin is also trying to get a Canadian ice skater instant citizenship so she can represent the U.S. in the Olympics--also through a private bill.
www.debbieschlussel.com /archives/2005/12/carl_levin_foll.html   (746 words)

  
 Carl Levin - Congresspedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Carl Milton Levin is the senior Senator from Michigan.
Levin was state assistant attorney general and general counsel for the Michigan civil rights commission from 1964-1967.
Levin also initiated an investigation into gasoline price spikes, and in April 2002 he issued a 400 page report and chaired hearings detailing how U.S. retail gasoline prices are manipulated.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Carl_Levin   (691 words)

  
 Senator Carl Levin (D-MI): About Carl Levin
Carl Levin is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he has earned a reputation as a strong supporter of our national defense and an effective waste fighter.
Senator Levin authored a provision in the Drug Abuse and Treatment Act of 2000 to enable qualified physicians, under strict conditions, to prescribe and dispense from their private offices - rather than centralized clinics - new anti-addiction medications such as buprenorphine that suppress the craving for heroin.
Carl Levin was born in 1934 in Detroit, where he graduated from Central High School.
levin.senate.gov /about/index.html   (1255 words)

  
 Carl Levin
Levin's reputation as a lawmaker who puts principle before politics has earned him the respect and affection of not only Michigan's voters but also his colleagues in both parties.
Carl Levin was first elected to the United States Senate in 1978, after serving as President of the Detroit City Council, and is now serving his fourth term.
Carl Levin has always been a strong advocate for the interests of small businesses in Michigan.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/levinC.html   (765 words)

  
 Theodore Levin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Levin was born in Chicago, though his family lived in London, Ontario, Canada from 1905 to 1913.
Levin was appointed to the federal bench in 1946 by President Harry Truman.
Levin's son Charles Levin was a Michigan Supreme Court judge.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theodore_Levin   (375 words)

  
 Carl Levin - U.S. Senator from Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Levin Statement on the President’s Meeting with the Big Three Automakers - Nov 14, 2006 more >
Senator Levin recently held a press conference to discuss his priorities for the Senate Armed Services Committee as he prepares to take over as Chairman.
The Senate Intelligence Committee released two of the five parts of Phase II of the Committee’s inquiry into prewar intelligence.
levin.senate.gov   (274 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Extra
Carl Levin is the ranking member of a powerful Senate subcommittee which he has used in the past to launch politically partisan investigations.
Levin pointing a finger of accusation at the Bush administration is that he's also pointing three fingers at himself.
Levin was one of several senators who wrote a letter to President Clinton urging military action against Iraq.
www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=110003657   (874 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Transcript: Sen. Carl Levin on Fox News Sunday - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | ...
LEVIN: The first step I would take is to support U.N. inspections, because I believe the best chance of trying to disarm him without war or, if war is necessary, to then reduce the risks of war is if we have the world community with us.
LEVIN: The way the word "unilateral" is used means without the authority specifically of the U.N. to use military force.
LEVIN: I don't think the evidence is very strong that they're associated with it at all.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,78033,00.html   (2859 words)

  
 Stuck On Stupid: Carl Levin Defines His Vision Of Cut And Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Levin said he and most Democrats believe U.S. forces must begin leaving Iraq within four to six months in order to spark Iraqi political leaders to solve the sectarian problems that threaten to tear the country apart.
Levin said he believed a bipartisan majority in Congress could be assembled to approve a resolution calling for such a withdrawal.
Levin also said he has not decided whether to vote in favor of Robert Gates' nomination to take over for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who resigned after last week's elections.
stuckon-stupid.com /sos/2006/11/carl_levin_defines_his_vision.html   (583 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Carl Levin: Recruit Saddam's officers 12/15/04
Levin, a Detroit Democrat, said that U.S. oversight of the training process for Iraqi army and police forces has proven a slow-moving failure.
Levin said the Jan. 30 Iraq elections will proceed, despite persistent guerilla warfare by insurgents in four of the nation's 18 provinces.
Levin said the idea of luring former Iraqi army officers to oversee training at numerous military sites across the nation should be dubbed the "Allawi Initiative" because it was first proposed by interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/121504/loc_levin001.shtml   (468 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Debate | Senators Debate Iraq Strategy | November 13, 2006 | PBS
CARL LEVIN (D), Michigan: Well, we believe -- those of us who have supported this for many, many months -- that we should notify the Iraqis that we will begin a phased reduction, redeployment of our troops in four to six months.
CARL LEVIN: No, I think there's going to have to be an Iraqi-style democracy that fits their particular needs at the time and at this time.
CARL LEVIN: It would make a huge difference if Congress, on a bipartisan basis, expressed the opinion to the president that he should notify the Iraqis that we're going to be begin a phased redeployment from Iraq in four to six months.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec06/iraq_11-13.html   (2053 words)

  
 Carl Levin
For instance, Sen. Carl Levin (D) tells Defense Secretary Rumsfeld at a June 2001 hearing that the US is spending too much money on missile defense and not “putting enough emphasis on countering the most likely threats to our national security...
Senator Carl Levin (D), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, seeks to transfer $600 million to counterterrorism from the missile defense program to fill budgetary gaps.
In a congressional closed-door hearing, Senator Carl Levin asks a senior intelligence witness: “If (Saddam) didn’t feel threatened, did not feel threatened, is it likely that he would initiate an attack using a weapon of mass destruction?” The intelligence witness responds that under those circumstances “the likelihood...
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?id=1521846767-2635   (1790 words)

  
 Sen. Levin Releases Newly Declassified Intelligence Documents on Iraq-al Qaeda Relationship
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., today released documents recently declassified at his request that illustrate that some claims of a cooperative relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda made by top administration officials in support of the Iraq war were contrary to what U.S. intelligence officials believed to be true.
The documents that Levin released undermine Administration claims regarding 1) Iraq's involvement in training al Qaeda operatives, and 2) the likelihood that a meeting occurred between 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in April 2001.
Levin requested declassification of the document excerpts in April 2004 as part of his Armed Services Committee minority inquiry into Iraq intelligence failures.
www.fas.org /irp/congress/2005_cr/levin041505.html   (415 words)

  
 Carl Levin - dKosopedia
Carl Levin is a five term Democratic Senator from Michigan and the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
LEVIN: Now, that phrase is reminiscent of Vice President Cheney's claim a year ago that the insurgency was in its last throes.
In 1969 Levin won election to the Detroit City Council and in 1973 became Council President by winning the most votes citywide.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Carl_Levin   (314 words)

  
 Lincoln Tribune - The Contemptible Senator Carl Levin - Opinion - News
Levin has been demanding that the Bush administration supply more information from FBI agents who reported witnessing aggressive interrogations of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba military detention center.
Yes, dear reader, Senator Carl Levin, with those dopey looking reading glasses pasted on his schnoz, puts national security in a time of war in the back-seat to his wish to provide enemies of the US more talking points.
Yet Levin's partisan strategy to garner more power for himself and his party is what's important to him and far too many other politicians such as Republican Senator Chuck Hagel.
www.lincolntribune.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=5009   (1023 words)

  
 Newsvine - carl-levin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Carl Levin, the incoming chairman of the Senate armed services committee, on Monday pledged to scrutinise the Central Intelligence Agency renditions programme.
Democratic veteran Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, has a new title to add to his resume.
A senator since 1978, Levin is now among Time's 10 best U.S. senators, the magazine announced Sunday.
www.newsvine.com /carl-levin   (365 words)

  
 The Backbone Cabinet - A Progressive Cabinet Roster
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Sen. Carl Levin is pushing for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, but South Carolina's two Republican senators vow to stand in his way.
Morning Edition, November 14, 2006 · Sen. Carl Levin, who is poised to become the chairman of the Armed Services Committee when Democrats take over Congress in January, is proposing a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in the next four to six months.
Sen. Carl Levin (Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and its future chairman, said Nov. 13 that he would press for integrated testing of the nation's missile defense system and even suggested blocking further interceptor purchases until end-to-end evaluation is carried out.
backbonecampaign.org /cabinet/nominee.cfm?ID=265   (949 words)

  
 Setting the Record Straight: Sen. Levin On Iraq
SEN. LEVIN: "But before the war, the President was saying that you cannot distinguish between Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
Levin: "We Begin With The Common Belief That Saddam Hussein Is A Tyrant And A Threat To The Peace And Stability Of The Region." (Committee On Armed Services, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 9/19/02)
Levin Admits That Democrats Also Believed That Saddam Hussein Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction (WMD).
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/11/20051114-1.html   (492 words)

  
 Open Letter to Michigan Senator Carl Levin - ReliableAnswers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Since Senator Carl Levin refuses to accept e-mail and I refuse to be forced into using a web form, I have posted his letter and my response below.
Carl Levin is sacrificing the interests of all the Michigan families he is supposed to represent -- just so he can try to get a family member a good job on the federal bench.
Carl Levin needs to hear from the people of Michigan that we do not appreciate being held hostage in this way.
reliableanswers.com /law/mi_levin.asp   (1192 words)

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