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Duncan Hunter

Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 108th and 109th Congress. Hunter sought the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States for 2008, but his campaign failed to attract significant voters or delegates in early primary and caucus states, and he dropped out after the Nevada Republican caucuses. He was succeeded as Representative for the 52nd district by his son, Duncan D. Hunter.

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As Margaret's case concludes, she should be left alone. I am the Congressman, this is my campaign and any further attention on this issue should be directed solely to me.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians, probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. So do I get judged, too ?

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I frankly don't care if Eddie Gallagher was killed, I just don't care.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

That is how hard, by the way, that the radical Muslims are trying to infiltrate the government.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Tell the navy to go f*** themselves.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

There is no downside to doing this because you already have people on the road that are in the ages of 18 to 21. They went through all of the training, all the safety stuff. So they’re already doing it, they just simply can’t drive over the state line, so, I think this fixes a dumb issue that Congress needs to fix.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

The truckers would need to hire close to one million truckers over the next 10 years. You have a lot of people retiring.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

My bill has now got the best chance it has ever had, i’ve got White House support. They read your articles and got in touch with me.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Opinion

The entire operating budget of the US Coast Guard is $9 billion, it's a shoestring budget.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

You have President Trump talking about national security, criminal networks, that's what the Coast Guard does, literally. ... It just doesn't make sense.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

The way that you stop bad things from happening here is not directly on the border necessarily, you've got to push out ... That's what the Coast Guard does. ... So this is nonsensical to me.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

We haven't talked to him about this yet, but we want face time with him on this as soon as possible, this directly contradicts what he's talking about.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

I’ve seen the press [reporting] on this for about a week or so. … I’m in the Marine Corps. If you want it done, just call us.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

The Army hates to open boxes up.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

I acknowledge that I have struggled, I have sought help and the Army failed me in that pursuit.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

We don’t know who’s coming into the U.S. and what they’re bringing with them.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

You can assume that others have gotten through.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

The American people would have had no clue on this if we didn’t get these documents from Homeland Security.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

You’re endangering lives, this is the U.S. Coast Guard, not the San Diego Police Department.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

The fact that there's not a single living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the war in Iraq is a mystery, there are countless examples of extreme valor during intense, close-quarter combat, but for some reason, starting with the (George W.) Bush administration, there was a concerted effort to not recognize acts of courage with the Medal of Honor.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

There are countless examples of extreme valor during intense, close-quarter combat, but for some reason, starting with the (George W.) Bush administration, there was a concerted effort to not recognize acts of courage with the Medal of Honor.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

To say that there is not one act of valor that is consistent with the requirements for the Medal of Honor is a real disservice to every service person who fought and sacrificed.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

This is a process that has become overly politicized and while this administration has at least gone to greater lengths to recognize courage in Afghanistan, we still don't have a single living recipient from Iraq, and it's definitely not because they don't exist.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The changes offered up by the White House prove that neither the right questions were asked nor were any lessons learned, wholesale changes are needed, but what's being put forward is nothing more than window dressing, I fear.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago US News

It's a pathetic response to a serious problem that has plagued the ability of the U.S. to successfully recover Americans held captive in the post-9/11 era.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN 5 years ago US News

Here is someone who is trying to save lives and who puts it on Jason Amerine sleeve basically what Jason Amerine is doing and Jason Amerine got slammed for it by the The Army, so you have them doing a retaliatory investigation of a great soldier. This is the kind of guy we want in The Army. This is who we want out there fighting for us.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

So you have them doing a retaliatory investigation of a great soldier. This is the kind of guy we want in The Army. This is who we want out there fighting for us.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

Warren Weinstein did not have to die, his death is further evidence of the failures in communication and coordination between government agencies tasked with recovering Americans in captivity and the fact that he's dead, as a result, is absolutely tragic.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

His death is further evidence of the failures in communication and coordination between government agencies tasked with recovering Americans in captivity and the fact that he's dead, as a result, is absolutely tragic.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

Their planning did not include a 5 for 1 trade, as occurred, but rather a 1 for 7 exchange.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

I think that there needs to be a buck-stops-here person, you're right.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

Bergdahl was in the custody of Haqqani initially, not the Taliban. But regardless of who claimed custody of Bergdahl in the end, is the Taliban not an adversary? is the Taliban not responsible for American deaths? Frankly, it's more nonsense from an administration that seems to have lost its sense of reality.

– Duncan Hunter

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

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