05/14/2008
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"If each of you is confirmed, the environment that you would face will be uncertain and potentially volatile."
"Most of the drugs that come into America from the south come out of the production fields mostly in Colombia."
"All of this can be traced to the flow of illegal drugs into our country."
"While we are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan, we are also facing the most insidious range of threats the country has seen in a long time."