So would you say that the program funded by the Recovery Act was a success, in your view?

A great power must reject the false choice that we can deal with our debt or we can deal with other obligations but we cannot do both.

you can't take credit for that which you are deterring just because you are being overcome by the private sector

I want to see a more robust documentation so that the narrative, the story is out there that is a good story.

As a bottom line up front, it is ISAF's assessment that the momentum achieved by the Taliban in Afghanistan since 2005 has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas.

Well, it is your safety program, Honorable Member, and it will be a pipeline built by Americans, supervised by Americans and made safe by Americans.

Well, I am not sure I would go there, especially as an American. I don't want to accuse you of being too Canadian.

So you would generally agree with me that we probably have greater than 2 percent if only we would use our resources, is that correct?

And so would I be correct in believing that by not allowing the United States and Canada to expand our use of our natural resources, we may in fact be creating a greater problem worldwide with pollution than if we are allowed to use with…

If an individual wants to save money... they certainly can do that and it might be--may be less expensive for them to do that.

I am here defending my caregivers. I am really here advocating for them, and I have lived it every single day.

I also want to join you in thanking all of the caregivers and individuals who operate businesses that afford people the opportunity to hire good workers.

I have been doing this for 11 years and, boy, it would be nice to have 30 or 40 percent profit but the reality is is it is not.

You also bear the risk, too, don't...

Transition, then, is the linchpin of our strategy, not merely the way out.

throughout history, insurgencies have seldom been defeated by foreign forces. Instead, they have been ultimately beaten by indigenous forces.

Fire at will, Gridley.

I think your commitment to energy efficiency and the commitment Senator Shaheen mentioned in terms of trying to see if we can move the Navy's usage to 50 percent alternative fuel over the next few years is a very appropriate and worthy…