I would hope that additional funds for transitional housing will be considered, amongst other issues, such as legal assistance for victims.

We should not pretend that a bilateral agreement with one government will change that fundamental reality.

When can we expect the Nuclear Suppliers Group to vote on a final agreement to limit the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technologies? And are you optimistic that they will approve such an agreement?

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. It's an important issue that needs to be publicly debated.

Well, Doctor, I think it is a very wise remark, and it really helps advance the debate...

It is simply a statement designed to assuage fears that all we are offering the Afghan people is a state of perpetual war.

I think our current approach may be driving them together.

the Arbitration Fairness Act--introduced by Senator Feingold, which is designed to ensure that no American will be deprived of their constitutionally guaranteed right to the fair administration of justice.

The key question we face in this region is how do we disrupt and dismantle the al-Qaeda network without further destabilizing the region in the process?

I would look at that exception with the idea that the presumption would be public access and that any exception to that would be narrowly construed.

It is my pleasure today to welcome and introduce Justice Louis Butler to this Committee.

I, like Judge Reiss, also agree that you start with a presumption that a courtroom is a public proceeding.

I do want to commend you for your leadership on human rights issues, however.

It is important to understand the history for context, but often constitutional problems creep up slowly.

I think that is what Senator Feingold is attempting to do with this hearing--is to re-establish the confidence that the American people that everything is aboveboard, that it is transparent, that we can see it is working, and if people…

Should I be concerned that this special envoy and his staff may unconstitutionally infringe and/or ignore the Assistant Secretary's authority?

the fact is that what the American people lack today in Government is confidence, and the President ought to be about--

I think this is a serious issue that deserves serious study.