I share a concern of the Chairman when I heard what Mr. Wright said, and compared to Mr. Krakowski, that the working relationship might not be what we want.

We need to figure out how we can be flexible enough as a country to constantly improve and upgrade technology.

Modernization is much more critical today as we see congestion, not only in the air, but on the roads.

How do we not end up with antiquated technology, and so forth?

I cannot think of a more dire consequence to the United States really in many ways than to have Mexico just collapse.

I would urge you, when it comes to budget matters, programs that need funding, to be more aggressive, lean forward.

I cannot think of a better use of the Congress' time and efforts to come together and come up with a game plan to deal with our consumption back here at home.

Well, that gets us to a point--we are spending money very quickly on some things that are very controversial, and there is a lot of pushback.

This disease is unusual in the sense that it represents what I think is the biggest challenge to the country--demographic changes.

Money spent now on Alzheimer's, I think, will pay great dividends and will help young Americans realize the American dream.

I believe, successfully defeated the terrorists overseas to protect American families at home.

I have had two sons serve in Iraq.

I am very proud and grateful today.

Anything you can think of to deal with this problem, whether you need money or legal changes, we stand ready to help.

There's a lot of conflict in Congress and between the parties, and that's just the way democracy works.

What I've been thinking about doing is in certain selected areas, critical need areas, if you'll stay to 22 years of service you can retire maybe at 59 years old, and just walk your way down to 55 years old, as an incentive to stay on.

Thank you for the job you've done for the country, and I think you can leave your post looking back and saying that you were there when it mattered the most maybe since World War II for sure.

We don't have private sector dental health care usually. It's not that the Army's just inheriting a problem that society has.