That's a question that's subjective and the secretary in consultation with the president, if that comes about, should answer and I indicated this morning very clearly I intend to support my president in his decision.

As president, I will not be the last to know what is going on in my command.

I still believe for the benefit of our country, our nation, our honor that he has to resign and he has to go. Nothing I think less will suffice.

For our country, I believe Mr. Rumsfeld has to resign.

SEN. TOM HARKIN (D), IOWA, For our country, I believe Mr. Rumsfeld has to resign.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo. How are you? Gracias.

You know there's this tradition in the United States Navy if a captain of a ship goes up on the shoals, almost regardless of whether it was his fault or not, he loses command.

He's going to be grilled pretty good about what happened, how it happened and how far up the chain it looks like it went.

Today, Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey called for the Senate Commerce Committee to look into what he called the pattern of politically-based corporate censorship.

Senator Lott you were briefed today in a classified briefing in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. You heard from the Army, CIA. What can you tell us? Did you hear the answers to questions that you needed to hear?

You know the way we work in Washington is we want to rush to fix blame.

Not enough answers yet. And I tried to get very simple answers. Who did it? Was it contractors? Was it CIA, military intelligence, army, reservists? Exactly who is involved here?

Some are even calling for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation.

Let's at least find out for sure what happened, who was supposed to do what.

We're disturbed about this, and the Armed Services Committee, Intelligence Committee, republicans, Democrats...

But you don't need to build equity. If you have a charter with 200 children and you have got $400,000 a year guaranteed to come in, what is preventing a bank or an entity from loaning you money to buy or lease or renovate a building?

I will tell you from my political experience with the majority of independent, non-parochial public schools, the average of tuitions is about $15,000 to $20,000.

I would like to receive some testimony from some of the bankers, not at this meeting, Mr. Chairman, but perhaps in writing.