When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can win. Tulsi Gabbard More Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard More Quotes From Tulsi Gabbard I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster - close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were. Tulsi Gabbard deployment iraq soldier I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity. Tulsi Gabbard hawaii able people Hopefully the presence in Congress of an American who happens to be Hindu will increase America's understanding of India as well as India's understanding of America. Tulsi Gabbard india understanding america United Nations experts Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people. Tulsi Gabbard politics That's exactly the message that they want to get across to you : that if you stand up against Hillary Clinton and the party power brokers, if you stand up to the rich and powerful elite and the war machine, they will destroy you and discredit your message. Tulsi Gabbard politics I am staying in the Democratic Party, and I'm fighting to take Democratic Party back, out of the hands of Hillary Clinton and the warmongering establishment, and put Democratic Party back into the hands of the people, so Democratic Party can truly be a champion for the people. Tulsi Gabbard top-news Just two days ago, the New York Times put out an article saying that I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears, this morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable. Tulsi Gabbard top-news I stand in solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico who have been suffering and struggling under this very corrupt government for far too long, they are saying enough is enough. I join them in calling for this governor's resignation. They can then begin to find a leader who will truly listen to their concerns and work for their interests. Tulsi Gabbard politics You can say this is messy, but this is democracy in action. Tulsi Gabbard politics I served in the war in Iraq at the height of the war in 2005, a war that took over 4,000 of my brothers and sisters in uniforms' lives, the American people need to understand that this war with Iran would be far more devastating, far more costly than anything that we ever saw in Iraq. Tulsi Gabbard politics Is that what you will tell the parents of those two soldiers who were just killed in Afghanistan ? ' Well, we just have to be engaged.' As a soldier I will tell you that answer is unacceptable. We have to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. We are in a place in Afghanistan where we have lost so many lives, we are no better off in Afghanistan today than we were when this war began. This is why it's so important to have This President, a commander in chief who knows the cost of war and is ready to do the job on day one. Tulsi Gabbard top-news I know the cost of war! i will end the regime change wars taking the money that weve been wasting on these wars and weapons and investing it in serving the needs of our people. Tulsi Gabbard opinion This alert turned out to be false, but the reason we reacted the way we did is that the threat is real, our leaders have failed us and brought us to this point. It doesn't have to be this way. We have to correct our course. We have to end this new cold war and nuclear arms race that is currently being waged that threatens our very future and that costs us trillions of our taxpayer dollars -- dollars that need to be spent and invested to serve the needs of our people here at home. Tulsi Gabbard politics I think that the evidence needs to be gathered and, as I have said before, if there is evidence that he has committed war crimes, he should be prosecuted as such. Tulsi Gabbard politics Like I said, we have, in our recent past, a situation where our own government told lies to the American people, and to the United Nations for that matter, to launch a war. Tulsi Gabbard politics I think that what Congresswoman Omar was trying to get at was a deeper issue related to our foreign policy, and I think there's an important discussion that we have to be able to have openly even though we may end up disagreeing at the end of it. We've got to be able to have that openness to have the conversation. Tulsi Gabbard politics I was raised in a very socially conservative home. My father is Catholic, he was a leading voice against gay marriage in Hawaii at that time. Again, I was very young, but these are the values and beliefs that I grew up around. Tulsi Gabbard politics Race or religion or orientation, these were things that didn't matter, because we were focused on our mission of serving. Tulsi Gabbard politics It is this principle of service above self that is at the heart of every soldier, at the heart of every service member, and it is in this spirit that today I announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America, i will bring this soldier's principles to the White House, restoring the values of dignity, honor and respect to the presidency and above all else, love for our people and love for our country. Tulsi Gabbard politics I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week. Tulsi Gabbard politics
