Did Secretary Wolfowitz get a copy of the notice of this hearing? Because he sure didn't comply with the notice of this hearing in his opening statement.

You're saying you don't know or you've never seen that document before? That's a formal document.

I don't want the pledges. I want to know whether they've kept their pledges.

We wanted them to disintegrate too, didn't we? We urged them not to fight, didn't we?

I think that's just a generally bad, ineffective, and insufficient process.

I think that's the definition of a blank check. I can't think of a better definition of a blank check.

His statement was not limited to budget numbers. His statement was an argument for the administration's whole position in Iraq.

You're asking for $25 billion to go anywhere you want.

Will you let us know what is going on? One way or the other, will you get back to us?

I just want to make it clear that the record will be kept open and not just for whatever submission you referred to, but for other submissions and for additional questions, given the short period of time that we have to question the…

Is it fair to say it will be less than 30?

It may or may not be part of a third site, is that correct?

I just want to thank the chair.

I think as Senator Reed has just pointed out, if you look at those rules there--stress positions up to 45 minutes, that's what I assume Senator Reed is referring to, directly stem from the interrogation manual.

It pretty clearly seems to me, the fact that a commanding general (CG) approves it, as you'll see in that right hand column where it says CG approval, does not eliminate the violation of the Geneva Convention.

I just think that what is not wise is not to formally inquire of our top uniform leadership what they think.

Would you let the committee know something that I think we should be on top of?

I think it was the wrong decision, but it was surely wrong not to include the chiefs.