I hope you will make that a priority.
It would be hard to explain to people why we did not stop it.
Just that what this tragedy has led to is one more example, fortunately rare, where policymakers and private individuals think out of the bo...
This is a president who is acting as a commander in chief.
For one who taught international relations for a period, that is a code word. That is a sign of commitment.
The outcome of the war in Afghanistan was of vital national security interest to the United States.
vital national interest
Mr. Chairman, if I might, just to follow up in terms of messages we might send to the Taliban.
There has been some discussion about different ways in which as we head toward July 2011 we can reassure both the Afghans, their enemies, an...
You now have my full support for the conduct of these operations and the support of the people in this area.
It's not a deadline for withdrawal. It's not a deadline by which we're going to pick up and go out. It's a goal.
I fear there's a gap between the tone and the message that you gave us yesterday and what we are reading in the media about what's happening...
But I think it is a very important hearing because it is obvious to all of us that it has taken painfully long for the oil spill in the Gulf...
we have to, when we start talking about this, acknowledge that there have been thousands of wells dug, and the safety record overall is an i...
the Minerals Management Service did not require adequate safety and response measures from the oil companies at deepwater level.
this is now the worst catastrophe of its kind that we have ever faced.
long after it is stopped, the people, the communities, the State and local governments of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida will ...
I have often thought--someone once said that--I say this facetiously before I read about it tomorrow in the paper--that in order to vote, yo...
