I believe that the commitment, the political commitment of the Iraqi government to the success of this plan, is probably more important right now than the additional troops.

I think that the questions that have been asked earlier--what is most important in the debate that is occurring up here right now, in my view at least, is the impact that it has on the men and women who are wearing the uniform.

I, too, want to add my support of the gentlemen who have been nominated for these positions.

We think that the transformation that's being undertaken by the Air Force is important and might be something that is replicated in some of the other Services.

As the ranking member of the Seapower Subcommittee, I have to express my displeasure at the way in which General Pace was treated.

I do have a question regarding the global war on terror, which we all realize I think requires a different strategy.

We have made many mistakes in this war.

I could go down a list of other major responsibilities you'll have.

I think if the President was really serious he should replace Mr. Hadley, appoint you as a civilian, not as an Army officer.

the effect of our operations or the perception of our operations at least initially would be that we are conducting generally attacks against Sunni forces.

Well, then he should be fired, because, frankly, if he's not capable of being the individual responsible for those duties and they've passed it on to someone else, then why is he there? That's my view.

We seem to be pushing quite close to that 6-month window.

I wish you success because the lives of a lot of young Americans are in your hands.

General, that situation has existed before this surge. I find it hard to believe that you would give as your best advice to this committee that the differential, probably 40,000 troops in terms of doctrine, is going to be made up by…

You mentioned ethnic cleansing.

The other issue, General, that has come up, I was out last fall.

In response to Senator McCain's question about what happens if we announce some type of withdrawal.

The new strategy sounds a lot like the old strategy to me.