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The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result…
Mr. Speaker, Osama bin Laden applauded the 9/11 attacks. Such an act of deliberate killing of innocent lives deserves retribution. It is good that bin Laden is dead and justice is served. Targeted retribution is far superior to wars of…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of New Mexico). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays…
it is very important to us that we do affect the strategic outlook of Pakistan, and we are not certain that second prize... is enough.
The circumstances surrounding this week's dramatic killing of Osama bin Laden...have raised questions about Pakistan's reliability as an ally.
We should not distance ourselves from a country that looms so large in our own strategic calculations.
You cannot really throw the whole group into one lump.
development aid provided by the United States is essential and that the realization of stability in Pakistan is a major objective of this aid.
Even before the discovery of bin Laden's compound, our relationship with Pakistan had suffered strains.
In the aftermath of the death of Osama bin Laden, I have read at least two scholars indicating that although there do not appear to be many al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan and the movement's members are at this point scattered in…
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing on Pakistan.
All military and development assistance should be subject to careful review to make sure that it is serving our national security interests.
What is helpful is identifying the most appropriate projects and then following through, not changing midcourse.
Madam President, I rise to oppose the cloture motion on Jack McConnell, who has been nominated to be U.S. district judge for Rhode Island. In the first few months that I have been ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, I have worked in…
Mr. President, I rise today to speak in opposition to one of President Obama's most controversial nominees, Mr. Jack McConnell, who has been nominated to be U.S. district judge for the District of Rhode Island. He has dedicated his…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for a much longer period of time, for 45 minutes. I may not use all that time, but I would like to have permission to speak for that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
Mr. President, it is not going to surprise any of my colleagues or the public at large that a lot of times I come to the Senate floor to speak about agriculture and to speak about ethanol. What brings me to the floor today is the ongoing…
