They are using the top public officials of this government to purely play politics, instead of focusing on the challenges the country faces.

That's a really bad idea.

I believe that a precipitous withdrawal of American forces in Iraq could lead to disaster, spawning a civil war, fostering a haven for terrorists, and damaging our nation's security and credibility.

I absolutely want to support the President in this initiative.

Would this be retroactive to September 11?

Senator Biden, my colleague, and I are $1.5 billion short every year for our veterans.

I'm pretty hot about this.

I don't want their families to end up in poverty. I don't want their families ending up on food stamps.

I haven't seen a frozen asset. I haven't even seen an ice cube asset.

Trust, but verify

But you--this is beyond note taking. This is what we're looking at here.

Maybe we need tort reform in our own Government so that--maybe that's where we ought to have tort reform.

I'm outraged at the possibility that my troops, the troops that wear the uniform of the U.S. military, would engage in brutal, savage tactics. I won't put up with it.

the women of the Senate are very concerned about the long-range consequences on these children

I just find this--that we had to push to get a death benefit raised from $12,000 to $100,000.

I remember your testimony that said, 'This war isn't going to cost us anything.'

Well, we know it's a big issue among the people of Poland.

Will this be limited only to Iraq and Afghanistan?