I want to raise one subject with the Secretary, General Eberhart, and Admiral Ellis. There is a dirty little secret about homeland security that I believe needs to be examined and remedied as soon as possible, and that is the fact that our…

In this day and age, on these issues, with the emerging nexus between suicide terror groups and weapons of mass destruction, it is the height of irresponsibility to make fundamental policy decisions based on what Paris, Bonn, Moscow, or…

I would prefer multilateral talks, but I do not think we can wait for partners who do not seem to be coming to join us.

We can do it with, hopefully, a minimal loss of life, even to our enemies.

The question now is whether or not we are going to deploy a system, which we take steps to assure will work.

I truly believe that in many respects North Korea presents the more immediate and maybe in some respects the greater threat at the moment.

I hope we do not spend too much time today arguing again about who constitutes the greatest threat to us right this second.

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.