Jeff Sessions

I have not supported to date the President's policies.

This Senate will give you, and our soldiers, the money they need.

I agree with Senator Levin about these pledges. I think it's time for us to ask our allies why they are not on board, not having come along.

I don't think that memorandum should be seen as a permissive suggestion that they should go beyond the Geneva Conventions.

Just to get this straight, the President has requested in this budget $500 million for this fiscal year defense bill for training local police and security forces?

I would encourage any effort that could be made to raise that ceiling.

We have an absolute obligation to support them completely.

I hope those remarks and decapitation of the American recently there will cause Iraqi leaders to realize they have to step up, that it's time for them to lead in Iraq.

I know they for many, many years tried talking. They tried working with the insurgents that threatened the oldest democracy in South America, and it did not work.

I know you want to change that, create better circumstances.

I think we are a bit of a Eurocentric government around here, but we have a big world.

I think about Germany. We recently had an opportunity to be there and examine our strength there.

I just think in the last few months more has been accomplished than we have given ourselves credit for, and I believe the actions and the courage of President Bush has been the key to that.

I believe every Cabinet agency needs to focus intensely on efficiency and productivity.

There are problems, and we need to deal with them.

You favor that slowing down rather than pressing forward in some artificial way?

I want to congratulate you. Thank you for your good work.

In 1999 we voted overwhelmingly, and President Clinton signed a policy of the United States to deploy as soon as feasible a national missile defense system.

A lot of good things have happened. A lot of us believe strongly that we needed to move to a national missile defense program.

I was somewhat troubled by a recent report that NATO may not be sending as many troops to Afghanistan as they were originally projecting because of budgetary concerns.

I would just encourage you to fully understand that the American people and I think this Congress want a presence in Europe, a presence around the world. But we want as lean a presence as possible.

I think those are good developments, and we need to work with NATO and build that relationship that has the potential to create a partnership as we work together to protect our just national interests and preserve a peaceful, prosperous…

It strikes me that the 118,000 uniformed personnel we have in Europe with 125,000 dependents is way out of proportion to the reality of our world threat today.

We want to thank you for the tremendous work you are doing, the incredible hours you and your staff and soldiers are giving every day in a dangerous situation to protect the legitimate interests of the United States and help create a new…

I think we are going to have to confront that.