John McCain

The U.S. military will no longer be flying strike sorties against Gadhafi's armored columns and ground forces. I believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences.

This is fundamentally at the end of the day most unfair to the people who were supposed to be the recipients of this.

No. And that is why in the regulations that finalized on March 14th, we clearly articulate that agents and representatives cannot get a gross of any contracts.

Apparently, only 5 percent of the contract jobs actually went to Alaska Natives.

Are you proud of what has happened was my question.

I am astonished you don't. This is not a new issue.

That is not the intent of SBA for a lobbyist to get $500,000 a year.

Do you believe that some ANCs are more economically disadvantaged than an Indian tribe in all cases?

Under the new SBA regulations, ANCs will have to report how native shareholders are benefitting from the contract.

But you expect to finalize those regulations soon?

S. 693, the GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection, that would effectively wind down the operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without offering a clear vision for the future housing system.

They provided an update on Libya, including recent intelligence. They also discussed possible military options, including the mechanics of a no-fly zone.

I certainly juxtaposition this with a country I also spend a lot of time on, and that's Pakistan.

There is no substitute for victory.

Without the most capable aircraft at close air support, which are the A-10s and the AC-130s.

So, in your words, a stalemate in Libya is not an acceptable outcome?

The situation in Misrata, as reported by CNN--and I just looked again--is of severe hardship and suffering, because of the long period of siege that the city has been under.

That is why Libya matters.

We did not seek this military operation in Libya, but we were right to intervene.

If Qadhafi remains in power, wounded and angry, he will only be more of a threat to the world.

We cannot afford to assume that time is on our side against Qadhafi.

We want Qadhafi to leave power, and we want the Libyan opposition to succeed.

Hope is not a strategy. It certainly doesn't degrade armored units.

But, for the United States to be withdrawing our unique offensive capabilities at this time sends the exact wrong signal.

I believe this would be a profound mistake with potentially disastrous consequences.