In my home State of Arizona, we now have vigilante groups who are forming and because of their frustration with the lack of enforcement of our border, are now taking the law into their own hands.

We have an increasing flow of illegal immigrants, drugs, and possibly--I emphasize, possibly--terrorists through our southern border and perhaps our northern border.

I believe the best course of action--and I have offered this as a construct for negotiation--is to use what I have referred to as the simultaneous model of engagement.

I believe that this has validated the commitment this country has made toward that.

The decision to develop and deploy a national missile defense against strategic missiles has been made.

In passing H.J. Res. 114, Congress specifically authorized the President to 'use the Armed Forces of the United States in order to--(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2)…

The MV-22 remains our number one aviation acquisition priority.

General Jumper, attempts in the past to artificially keep two defense companies in a particular sector of the defense market for the sake of competition has not produced competition at all.

How have you been able to do this without leasing?

Each time that we have debated it, those who have felt that we need to move forward with a missile defense have prevailed in the debate.

what is the projected pay raise for general and flag officers?

The significant number of Reserve personnel activated since September 11 clearly validates your comments.