"It was the Bush administration that said Guantanamo detainees have the right to counsel. This was not a decision made by the Obama administration."
"I would appreciate being advised of just how that's done."
"I worry we're dealing with countries where in--particularly in Afghanistan, Pakistan--where enormous corruption--a huge amount of money already is in the pipeline."
"Senator Leahy and I have introduced the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act--co-sponsored by 25 of our colleagues--to restrict the use of cluster bombs with high failure rates."
"under our law, money cannot go to army or police units that are violating human rights."
"Of course, Senator Bond and I have the privilege of not being within departmental guidelines and we can do what we want to do."
"I just want less time to be spent on conflicts inside the Pentagon and more time spent concentrating on your mission."
"I have enjoyed our bipartisan cooperation, and that cooperation is one of the reasons why you have four stars on your shoulder, General."
"What I worry about is how the Army and Air Guard still fall short of the equipment and the aircraft they need."
"In a time of economic downturn and smaller defense budgets, we encourage the Department of Defense and the Air Force to adopt structures such as active associate wings to leverage the Air National Gua..."
"I've been on more C-130s than I'd like to think about."
"Today's men and women volunteer to join, or stay, in the National Guard fully expecting to be deployed."
"The citizen-soldiers and airmen of your National Guard are adding value to America every day that they serve."
"We ask the subcommittee to fully fund that request."
"I worry that we are robbing Peter to pay Paul."
"I must say, Kit, as I've told you before, it was very helpful to have someone beside me who was a former Governor because you brought a perspective which was very, very helpful."
"We have got to find a way to get both into the budget."
"We urge you to reconsider the C-130 Force Structure changes and seriously review alternative courses of action that will preserve our mobility capability for both of the Air National Guard's Federal a..."
