There are 10 going on line in 2004, 10 in 2005?

I will just reiterate the feelings of my colleagues in terms of rallying around the troops at this time, regardless of the differences of opinion that may have existed previously.

The effectiveness of this system is going to affect our diplomacy, other possible military actions, and so forth.

How do you define effective? 90 percent success rate? 75? 50?

They seem to be--I do not want to say denial, but they are certainly downplaying the potential threat from the North.

Secretary Rumsfeld, I have supported your goal for a new round of base closures in 2005 and applaud your efforts to bring our military force in line with our infrastructure.

if this kind of leaking takes place, it's hard to--I would request that you do all you can because we are going to try and do all we can from our end.

It seems to me right now that they are insufficient to either fight or deter successfully.

There is a potential there, with our growing military involvement, for that not only to bite our personnel there but possibly here domestically as well.

It's important to emphasize this organization is going to retain its vitality and its mission going forward.

I would trust in your budget that you're embedding additional capabilities to address multiple situations simultaneously.

It's hard to defend the indefensible.

I hope we give some serious consideration to at least repositioning them somewhere out of artillery range.

Largely a North Korea-related problem.

I would just say that we didn't know time was on our side when we were dealing with the Soviet Union.

If you could have found al Qaeda and prevented it, absolutely.

What is our ability to defend this country, protect our citizens if we go in in the next 2 weeks or 2 months into that country militarily and start inflicting destruction on them?

In Afghanistan, we helped liberate an oppressed people. And we will continue helping them secure their country, rebuild their society, and educate all their children--boys and girls.