I don't understand how the administration can choose to spend--now we're going to be close to $300 billion in Iraq to disarm weapons that weren't there.

There have been a series of offers here, and we keep, sort of, making this decision to go it alone.

I wish we could have translated your pride into some votes, but thank you, anyway.

I want to have happen what you just described.

The question I asked you is, what are you going to do? Why have we rebuffed the efforts of others to be involved--

current policy is growing the insurgency, not diminishing it.

So do I. Terror is the----

I recommended that we add another 40,000 troops.

The Iraqi Stabilization Group that you were put in charge of October 2003 by almost everybody's judgments has disintegrated.

Given the intransigence and the cheating, why does this lend itself more to being resolved diplomatically than Iraq?

But it is another thing also for them to put their political necks on the line when they have seen a series of, frankly, unilateral and, to them, insensitive steps taken that have worsened the situation and not made it better.

You do not think we have a specific role to play with the Europeans and Arab community?

I think if you ask the average American, you know, 'Was Saddam worth one life, one American life,' they'd say no.

As Senator Biden says, it's good to set the record straight, we've got to move on.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for being so fair.

She actually stated that al-Qaeda had lost territory, when in fact the record shows that al-Qaeda has expanded from operating in 45 countries in 2001 to 60 countries today.

She was given the opportunity to set the record straight on the number of really trained Iraqi security forces and our exit strategy in Iraq.

She was given the chance to set the record straight on our inconsistent policy towards Central America.