Elections have consequence, and I expect the administration to pick people more in line with their philosophy than I would have chosen for them.

I am urging the administration to continue with the process of closing Guantanamo Bay.

I support closing Guantanamo Bay, not because I think it is a place where people are being tortured; I think it is a chance to start over.

The executive branch would be willing to share power with the judiciary to make that decision?

Given the level of dissatisfaction with small arms found by the Center for Naval Analysis is the Army doing anything to generate a new requirement for a pistol or rifle?

But dealing with the economic crisis does not excuse or even diminish Congress' responsibility to the primary role of the Federal Government, and that is our national defense.

I am very concerned that this not drift into the supplemental budget situation.

I want to thank you once again for your excellent testimony. I think it speaks volumes about defense, but also about the value of analysis that we have valuable in CBO and CRS.

Bottom line is it's going to be tough, it's going to be difficult, in many ways harder than Iraq.

We cannot win in Afghanistan unless Pakistan is on board.

I think one of the unsung heroes of the war would be General Stone and the process he's put in place at Camp Bucca.

We need to have realistic goals. That is to make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for international terrorism.

I think the American people need to understand that our economy is on its knees at home and that there is no end in sight.

Do you believe the Biden-Lugar legislation would be beneficial to the relationship between our country and Pakistan?

The time, the money, and the casualties we're going to sustain in Afghanistan are necessary and important to make sure that Afghanistan does not become, in the future, a safe haven for terrorism to strike this country again.

We cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan's help; do you agree with that?

I have read many articles over the last 2 or 3 months about the various stimulus proposals...

It's important for us to win the hearts of those people before other people with bad intentions win their hearts.