I think we have succeeded in very important respects.

Our military won a tremendous victory in 3 weeks last year from the border to taking over Baghdad.

It is very important to me that the military continue to pay travel expenses in relation to the Rest and Recuperation (R&R) Leave Program.

I'd like to know to what extent financial aid to Iraqis not currently employed is still being expended.

We determined that there are no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) there that threatened our national security.

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

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

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?

Very powerful statement, Tom.

I don't oppose the DM&E Railroad. It has got to be structured so that, first of all, it hauls grain commodities rather than coal from Western States through our heartland.

I don't have to face anybody's vote for 5-1/2 years, so I just dictate to my conscience and what is best.

I can certainly say one thing. Somebody used it earlier. I certainly will fight with all of my might with every way I know how to make sure that this farm bill on the Senate side is as strong a piece of legislation as it can be.