John McCain

These are facts, Mr. Secretary. These are facts on paper, of e-mails that were sent within the DOD and by Boeing.

Does it bother you when there are many members of the Defense Policy and Science Board who were lobbying DOD and Air Force officials to approve the lease of 100 Boeing 767s?

Does it bother you when there are e-mails that have already been disclosed that say things, for example from Boeing, "Boeing doing good stuff, Rudy and Andy met with Bill Schneider, Bill Schneider very supportive, will work issue in OSD"?

Does it bother you when, even after you had put a pause on the Boeing tanker deal, that Mr. Sambur sends out an e-mail that says the "lease should be published today because all concerns concerning Ms. Druyun have been resolved"?

Does it bother you when the Secretary of the Air Force calls in the Boeing lobbyist--these are according to the e-mails that we got from Boeing and why we need your e-mails, Mr. Secretary--and says, "You have to put pressure on Mike Wynne."

Does not all of this bother you, Mr. Secretary, that this incestuous relationship went on between Boeing, the United States Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force in particular, and Mr. Sambur, and none of these people have been called…

We will see. I hope I am wrong. That is not what I am hearing from the people that actually are being deployed and are returning, including in my own State.

You answered my question, Mr. Secretary. I would like your long answer to be made part of the record, okay?

I am certainly glad to hear of the increase of 30,000 members in the United States Army.

You are going to see a very large exodus of members of the Guard and Reserve because of the incredible deployment burden.

I am sorry it took you so long to reach that conclusion.

I am convinced that the President of the United States did the right thing in Iraq, let there be no doubt.

I have no doubt that if our troops need the money Congress will provide it.

However, that money should have been part of the budget before us, not left to a supplemental and therefore not part of the projected budget deficit.

I remain convinced, as I have written to Secretary Rumsfeld, the President, and others in the administration, that the recall of units of the Iraqi army at the middle grade and below would have been a better way to help handle the…

I am concerned that this will set the Iraqi security forces up for failures, as there is a real question as to whether they are ready to take on and defeat the insurgents.

Iraq, a nation that for decades had known only tyranny and oppression, is now moving forward to a future of freedom and opportunity for all of its people.

The security of the United States of America is in good hands today with its military.

It's inevitable that there will be an outside commission appointed on an issue of this gravity.

But for just a moment, the rest of us that are not president of the United States can take a moment of pride and satisfaction and even a little celebration.

Secretary Rumsfeld, on December 12, 2003, following a visit to the facilities in Guantanamo, Senator Graham, Senator Cantwell, and I expressed our serious concern over issues regarding the disposition of the detainees--some of which have…

Well, maybe you should check up on it before you give them a blank check again.

So you suspended it and then, less than 2 months later, reinstated it.

Next year we're going to do some looking at this whole incestuous relationship between corporations and the Pentagon and back and forth and the revolving door.

Boeing committed serious substantial violations of Federal law.