I have never seen such a high risk housing market as market after market thinks they are unique and for whatever reason are not likely to experience price decline. This typically signifies a bubble.

It's a shorter stride and that's sort of more -- of course the smiling is making up for it. But if she swung her arms and if she opened -- if she made a longer stride, she would probably be regarded as even more effective, not quite as…

There is no basic security. It is bizarre, absolutely bizarre. I'm actually angry about it.

For example, what you could improve is as people just standing here with the dogs. Just bomb-sniffing dogs. I mean it's basic block and tackle stuff.

I believe we should be taking an even larger leadership role in this region.

I really encourage you to be aggressive in defending and standing for our presence in Southeast Asia.

I think we all know that the tsunami was one of the largest and most devastating natural disasters we've seen in recent history.

In this--that they actually were on duty----

See, the problem is, when we were in Jordan, and the head of the police training program sat down with us, they didn't know how many were actually in the field, because this was never vetted.

I view that as an extraordinary--a high priority.

Last question. Because I was, in December, in Baghdad with Senator Biden, and then in Jordan at the training program with Senator Biden, who has very specific ideas on the number of security and police that have been trained.

I’m also pleased to see the additional funding has been added for equipment, including the armored security vehicles.

I do want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your new responsibility as Secretary of State.

But there is--but there is no money there to do it. It's a--this is a supplemental----

I don't have time this morning to outline for this committee the inadequacy we have, but I will tell any of you go home next week and visit your veterans facilities, talk to the service people who are responsible for reintegration for your…

if this is a cost of war, then we should have money in the supplemental, in the emergency supplemental, to take care of these veterans.

I will be offering an amendment on this supplemental when it comes before this committee for $2 billion to care for our veterans.

Secretary Rice, thank you so much for being here today.