John McCain: “He is an excellent choice, superbly well-qualified for the position, and a person of the highest integrity.”

we owe each other our respect as long as our character merits respect.

I have to recognize that it has been this body, this Senate Committee, very important Committee on Indian Affairs that has been helping us.

I'm the luckiest guy on earth. I have served America's cause, the cause of our security and the security of our friends, the cause of freedom and equal justice all my adult life.

I am convinced the only successful path to preserving the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific--and the peace and prosperity it has generated--is to renew America's leadership in the region in full.