President Bush has made an excellent choice in nominating Dr. Condoleezza Rice to be America's next Secretary of State.

But perhaps we should think more about strategies for extending freedom and democracy in the world other than nation building.

Of course we will never say that only some men are created equal, that only some children will not be left behind or that we will pay only some price to defend freedom.

Our initial war in Iraq was a stunning success.

But is it possible that too much nation building runs the risk of extending too far the vision of the city on a hill?

Well, I am going to know something in the first year, but I am not going to know----

if we want this data, we ought to pay for it

The problem with E is that it costs a little more money than the others.

your description of the treatment situation in the country today was pretty grim

I look forward to hearing from Chairman Greenspan, and I will reserve other comments until the question period.

I will submit a statement for the record.

And as Dr. Rivlin said, you know, we all know just from our own houses that the longer you wait, if you have an old house--and we have an old house here in the District--the longer you wait, the more you are going to pay.

So I would maintain that one could argue that that figure that you cited is understated.

How do we get something like this passed in Congress? We have got a tough--this is not an easy time.

I want to help close the financial gap and help ensure the long-term economic health of our Nation's capital.

I believe that the Federal Government must recognize the costs it places on the city and the burden it places on the city's infrastructure.

If you were trying to fix this, one way you could possibly fix it is to go into those different formulas.

I have been given a capital cities comparative analysis.