Larry Thompson
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"Larry Dean Thompson" is an American lawyer, most notable for his service as United States Deputy Attorney General/deputy Attorney General of the United States under President of the United States/United States President George W. Bush until August 2003. While Deputy U.S. Attorney General/Attorney General he signed a memo in 2002 denying deportation of Canadian citizen Maher Arar to Canada ultimately leading to his deportation to Syria where he faced torture. Among other accomplishments, he oversaw prosecutions against officials at Enron.

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I kind of needed a challenge, anyway.

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Fastow and his co-conspirators systematically and thoroughly corrupted the business of one of the largest corporations in the world.

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I surely want to win this game, but I have a lot of respect for those seniors at that school and the coaches, ... They're good friends of mine, and I wish them nothing but the best. Obviously I want to win the game, but if we don't win, I'll sure feel happy for them.

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I want to thank the Muslim community of Buffalo for their extraordinary cooperation, ... The assistance of the Muslim community in Buffalo has helped to make the nation safer.

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Considering the risk I am about to take, I will require a minimum payment of 13 million U.S. dollars. There are many people from movie stars to athletes in the U.S. who receive tens of millions of dollars a year for their trivial contributions.

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The grand jury indictment being released today details a systematic and calculated plan to damage our country's national security, ... Regan is charged with attempts to sell our intelligence agency's most valuable secrets for the purpose of enriching himself.

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The most immediate need is getting additional food into Afghanistan. So that has to be the top priority.

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Will enable our government to assess fully the scope and consequences of Hanssen's activities.

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If you're going to have 50-pound sacks thrown out of the door of the aircraft, you've got to have someone on the ground clearing the people out of the area where they're going to fall so they don't hit people.

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