It is probably easier to get $1 trillion out of Congress than it is to get any good policy out of Congress.

The executive branch would be willing to share power with the judiciary to make that decision?

We need to preserve that and not overly politicize it.

I support closing Guantanamo Bay, not because I think it is a place where people are being tortured; I think it is a chance to start over.

One of the ideas that I have is that it is important for us to let the world know that if someone is detained in a prison, wherever you may locate it, it is not an arbitrary decision.

Elections have consequence, and I expect the administration to pick people more in line with their philosophy than I would have chosen for them.

I personally have a lot of confidence in the men and women who administer justice in our military.

I am urging the administration to continue with the process of closing Guantanamo Bay.

Given the level of dissatisfaction with small arms found by the Center for Naval Analysis is the Army doing anything to generate a new requirement for a pistol or rifle?

I think the American people need to understand that our economy is on its knees at home and that there is no end in sight.

I think one of the unsung heroes of the war would be General Stone and the process he's put in place at Camp Bucca.

Do you believe the Biden-Lugar legislation would be beneficial to the relationship between our country and Pakistan?

We cannot win in Afghanistan unless Pakistan is on board.

We cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan's help; do you agree with that?

We need to have realistic goals. That is to make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for international terrorism.

The time, the money, and the casualties we're going to sustain in Afghanistan are necessary and important to make sure that Afghanistan does not become, in the future, a safe haven for terrorism to strike this country again.

Bottom line is it's going to be tough, it's going to be difficult, in many ways harder than Iraq.

I have read many articles over the last 2 or 3 months about the various stimulus proposals...