Barbara Boxer

I think that Senator Murkowski raised some of those because--I'm so happy she's on this committee because we can really work together on issues affecting women and children and families.

I hope if nothing else Dr. Rice now gets the difference between her role as the National Security Advisor where she wasn't in any way responsible to come before Congress, but went to the American people and sold a war.

I continue to stand in awe of our founding fathers. I wish there were founding mothers at that time.

So a lack of candor in the past is bad enough. And here we have a continuing assault on reality.

She actually stated that al-Qaeda had lost territory, when in fact the record shows that al-Qaeda has expanded from operating in 45 countries in 2001 to 60 countries today.

She was given the opportunity to set the record straight on the number of really trained Iraqi security forces and our exit strategy in Iraq.

In my mind there is no doubt that Dr. Rice has the resume and the intelligence, and the experience to be Secretary of State.

She was given the chance to set the record straight on our inconsistent policy towards Central America.

She was given a chance to set the record straight on the nuclear threat which was hyped to the American people and got this country into a war.

I think if you ask the average American, you know, 'Was Saddam worth one life, one American life,' they'd say no.

The fact is, we've lost so many lives over it.

As Senator Biden says, it's good to set the record straight, we've got to move on.

And it was appalling. Despite this fact--despite this fact--I'm sure you're aware who traveled to Iraq to meet with Saddam Hussein one month after we became aware of this.

Now, this is truly a horrific fact, that is right.

Clearing the air and, as Senator Biden said, starting from a fresh page here would have been wonderful.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for being so fair.

I think it just shows that this is not an issue that you feel very comfortable with.

I just think it is a sad day for us.

I am very upset at certain things that occurred, and I want to tell you what they are.

We will lose credibility. So I hope you can think about that as you, I believe, will try to restore credibility for this country.

I hope that you will consider what colleagues have said on both sides of the aisle about a lack of consistency in our foreign policy.

You contradicted the President, and you contradicted yourself.

It was WMD, period. That was the reason and the causation for that, you know, particular vote.

First of all, Charles Duelfer said, and I quote--here it is--I ask unanimous consent to place in the record Charlie Duelfer's report.

This is my personal view, that your loyalty to the mission you were given to sell this war overwhelmed your respect for the truth.