it really is a sobering reality that I hope, as you suggest, Mr. Chairman, has the policy community refocusing on this issue.

the announcement yesterday of the unbelievably bold plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador here in Washington at a crowded restaurant that could involve hundreds of people, innocent people, is really extraordinary to contemplate.

I think the United States must hold the Iranian Government fully responsible until and unless they're able to isolate a rogue element.

What I find so interesting and appalling in the details that we know of that have been made public yesterday, rarely has a sovereign state sunk this low in attempting...

what is happening south of our border in the northern part of Mexico, large swaths of which look more and more, frankly, like a failed state that ought to be equally sobering for all Americans.

People are upset and they're justifiably frustrated. They're out of work. The economy is not moving. Their sense of security for the future is not clear at all. People are afraid and I get it.

How often are judges following the sentencing guidelines? The answer is in over 80% of the time.

Mandatory guidelines they are unconstitutional.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

the decision did not create a problem that needs fixing--that Booker in fact was the fix, not the problem, and our response should be don't just do something, stand there.

The decision did not create a problem that needs fixing. Booker WAS the fix--not the problem.

I, for one, am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country.

I mean, you know, we all know that USF has grown to over $8 billion.

Your viewpoints on Goldwater-Nichols, the idea of jointness and where we can go there to really have a multiplying effect on our Force, I think, is very, very important for all of us to realize.

I completely agree that--and I want to thank the chair for holding this hearing. This is a really important focus.

I may wait for a second round. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I don't really see interconnection as being a huge issue for our segment of the industry.

Thank you for letting me get grilled, lightly grilled, by that Member of Congress from California, Duncan Hunter.