John McCain

Americans need to know why winning this war is essential to our country's security.

Success is the real exit strategy.

Partnering with, equipping, and in other ways empowering Afghan forces to provide security for their country will demonstrate our resolve and commitment to a stable future for Afghanistan and the region.

The case for action against al Qaeda and its allies has always been clear, but the United States' course of action over the last 8 years has not.

We now have an opportunity to build a bipartisan consensus in support of a vital national security priority.

When conditions on the ground have decisively begun to change for the better; that is when our troops should start to return home with honor. Not one minute longer, not one minute sooner and certainly not on some arbitrary date in July…

Secretary Donley and General Schwartz, do you expect that additional cost growth in the JSF program arising from Secretary Gates' decision to restructure the program in December 2009 will trigger a Nunn-McCurdy breach?

General Schwartz, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) effectively determined a few weeks ago that the Marine Corps and the Navy's version of JSF might end up being too expensive to operate.

And perhaps err on the side of caution instead of erring on the side of correctness.

I would like to ask the witnesses, do you believe that the attack on Fort Hood was an act of terror?

I have talked to military officers who have stated that they, at least up until now, have had a significant reluctance to pursue what may be these indications because of this political correctness environment.

The risk associated with offshore oil and gas drilling domestically are far outweighed by the benefits.

I have heard about it. I just received a signed copy of it from her yesterday. So, I will have to look -- I will read it with interest.

One of the things about campaigns that lose, there's always mistakes made. And the campaign that wins is always the perfect campaign. I'm proud of the campaign we ran. I'm proud of Sarah Palin and we continue to have a great and wonderful…

I think that Sarah Palin is obviously one of them. We'll start through the process in about a year or so of selecting our nominee but I think she's a very strong force in the Republican Party.

I think that there are many viable candidates out there. And I think that Sarah Palin is obviously one of them. And we'll start through the process in about a year or so of selecting our nominee. But I think she's a very strong force in…

So really what we're doing is maybe not endangering the existence of human beings, but certainly we are endangering their way of life that, as I understand, is multigenerational.

I will match my environmental record against anyone.

The state is not empowered to address some issues such as the Endangered Species Act and others that are Federal law.

The environmental community has more influence here than those 40,000 families who have lost their jobs.

This is a real emergency crisis in California of proportions the likes of which we have not seen in that State.

I wish the Administration would be more forthcoming in telling them exactly what they can expect.

The 6-month study that was enacted in the Interior Appropriations bill is not much comfort while we await a 6-month review of the biological opinions by the National Academy of Sciences.

It's really more the drought than any regulatory restrictions that has caused any of the water cutbacks this year.

It's a human tragedy that I visited out in your part of the country.