John Ensign: “And do you think that that maybe appeared--has at least an appearance of a potential conflict of interest?”

This is a very important hearing today and I want to thank all of our witnesses who have taken the time out of their schedules to testify.

What would a downgrade from AAA to AA of the United States credit rating do to the interest rates and do to your budget projections?

I rise today to address a new and very serious threat to our national security. In July of this year, the organization known as WikiLeaks, led by an Australian citizen named Julian Assange, published 90,000 classified intelligence…

We have to make such difficult--these are going to be painful--politically painful choices to make.