I think we bear some moral responsibility to slow this flow of guns into Mexico.

Many of our aging facilities are in need of repair or replacement. The continued strong support of the Congress for Army National Guard military construction and facilities sustainment, restoration, and maintenance funding is crucial to…

Your background is in the law and law enforcement. My world is political.

I kept telling my colleagues for 8 years it was a good idea, finally we do have it.

Well, lo and behold, I guess perseverance pays off, and in the omnibus bill, it finally passed.

That's how we measure success.

President Calderon has been very courageous in taking on these drug cartels. We've got to also take some steps. Even as he is doing more to deal with the drug cartels sending drugs into the United States, we need to do more to make sure…

You sent me here to solve them, and with your help, that's what I intend to do.

We have a set of challenges that require NATO to shift from the 20th century to the 21st century--issues of terrorism, failed states, nuclear proliferation--a whole host of new challenges.

We reaffirm a bond between our two nations born through struggle but also through shared ideals.

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Dallas P. Tonsager, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

I want to thank the national finance committee, the mid-Atlantic finance committee, everybody in this room who has been there every step of the way for the last couple of years.

Greece stands as a testament of that unflinching character.

We measure economic recovery in a different way.

Even in the darkest periods, the light of those ideals were never extinguished.

I'm not going to turn my back on the American people who sent me here.

These soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsman embody the best of American values and ideals.

Medal of Honor recipients are the foremost example of greatness in service and sacrifice.