Whether showing the flag in peacetime to build good will with other nations or employing its potent combat power in conflict, the ship will carry on Senator Chafee's legacy of honorable service to our Nation.

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

The past decade has been a time of dynamic change for our military.

The men and women of Ellsworth were a major force behind Allied Force.

H.R. 1175 would mandate in law a diplomatic agenda and timetable with respect to the missing in action (MIA) soldiers which would not advance and may in fact hurt U.S. efforts to discover more information about these soldiers.

You have repeatedly put your lives on the line to save the lives of innocent civilians and turn back the tide of ethnic cleansing.

NATO could not have achieved its mission without you.

You are an essential component in our total force.

Lawrence J. Delaney, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Arthur L. Money.

Without our military alliances, we would not have been able to do this.

I think the disputes should not be allowed to obscure the underlying reality that the military has dealt with the gender difference.

Women in combat pilot roles, and they've performed very well.

The military is the most well-organized operation in our society.

Most Americans do know and admire the fact that we have the best military in the world.

The family stress thing bothers me as much as anything right now, about where we are with the military.

With great pleasure and humility, I now offer a full pardon to Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper of the United States Army.

General McCloud was a superb airman and an exemplary leader.

Hillary and I were greatly saddened to learn of the death in a plane crash of Lieutenant General David J. McCloud.