All of us and the American people will stand behind our uniformed forces if they are engaged in military conflict.

I believe that America is at its strongest and at its best when we make common cause with other nations in pursuit of common goals.

I believe that in the absence of an imminent threat, it is in our interest to have a U.N. resolution authorizing member states to take military action before initiating a preemptive attack against Iraq.

On the end strength issue, last year our Services indicated they needed additional end strength.

It is difficult, it seems to me, to argue that that is still a classified issue when the Assistant Secretary of State has made a statement on the record publicly about that issue.

I do not see how we are going to accomplish those important aims without doing that.

It is too mushy from the public accountability perspective.

It is very clear that his role, then, is not only significant but growing.

The issues that the Chairman has identified, are both the security issue as well as trying to move trade.

The Northern Border receives about two-thirds of the truck traffic, about 85 percent of the trains.

We, who are on the Northern Border, are particularly very keenly interested in this subject.

We have the longest coast, actually, of all the four coasts.

Thank you for these series of hearings that you are holding that are really a comprehensive series.

Ed Levi, with his outstanding academic and administrative record at the University of Chicago, was a perfect choice.

I oppose the actions of the President and oppose the release of these prisoners.