Political Quotes

“Madam President, again, strategic nuclear deterrence. Pretty darned important. I guess he is going to have to sit on the sidelines for longer. I want to go now to another element of our military, and that is Special Operations. And this is an opportunity for a really storied military leader, Lt. Gen. James Slife, U.S. Air Force, to be four-star General and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. Again, you have the Chiefs of Staff--those are the Joint Chiefs--and then they have the Vice Chiefs. The Vice Chiefs are so important because they run the enterprise of the Air Force. This General will essentially run the Air Force in so many ways. Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. This is one of the most important nominations of the evening. Let's hear about Lieutenant General Slife. Again, 33-year career. Putting all his time, effort--I am sure his family's effort--dedicated patriot to America. Has served most of his career in aviation special operations. Senator Ernst knows a lot about that. He has held commands at the Air Force Special Operations Command, 1st Special Operations Wing, and 27th Special Operations Group--33 years. Imagine what this patriot has done to protect America. He probably can't talk about half of it. He has deployed extensively over three decades in support of combat operations all over the world, most recently in Afghanistan. Lieutenant General Slife most recently served as Deputy Chief of Operations for Headquarters, Air Force.…”