Kay Bailey Hutchison

thumb|Kay Bailey Hutchison Kathyrn Ann Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943), usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison, is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she previously was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013. Quotes Then came the dress, the tapes, and the Federal grand jury. The attempt to obstruct and cover-up grew, expanded, and developed a life of its own. It overpowered the underlying offense itself. A new strategy was required, fast: The President was advised: `Admit the sex, but never the lies.' Shift the blame; change the subject. Blame it on the plaintiff in the Arkansas case. Blame it on her lawyers. Blame it on the Independent Counsel. Blame it on partisanship. Blame it on the majority members of the House Judiciary Committee. Blame it on the process. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/hutchison.html Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's closed-door impeachment statement CNN.com CNN February 12, 1999 2007-07-21 For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here. August 19, 2003 http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0308/19/bn.14.html "Interview With Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison" Transcripts CNN 2007-07-21 Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified. October 23, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9764239/ "Transcript for October 23" Meet the Press MSNBC 2007-07-21 And secondly, I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime and so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation was not a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. On the Scooter Libby case. October 23, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9764239/ "Transcript for October 23" Meet the Press MSNBC 2009-02-23 External links Kay Bailey Hutchinson U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison official U.S. Senate website Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Texas Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:United States Permanent Representatives to NATO Category:Journalists from Texas Category:Lawyers from Texas Category:Episcopalians from the United States Category:20th-century American businesswomen Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:Women diplomats