But it would also have, in a larger strategic context, a very threatening impact on the existing nuclear nonproliferation through the world and that would be a terrible consequence.

I thank my colleagues. I thank all of you. The hearing is adjourned.

I appreciate your doing that and they deserve our thanks, as well.

nuclear elimination would, ``require a fundamental transformation of the world political order.''

The issue, the feeling that we had, members of the panel, thank you so much for your service, that two things were happening.

To do so will require not just diplomacy but, I liked your adjective, coercive diplomacy, and probably the most effective thing we can do is to put very strict severe economic sanctions on them or the threat of those.

I want to join in thanking the panel and all members of the Commission for what you've done.

From a larger, if I can say, international citizenship point of view, a safety point of view, it's not the right decision.

We in the United States I believe need a clearly stated policy with respect to these sorts of attacks on our flag vessels.

Incidentally, in terms of the numbers that Senator Inhofe was talking about, one of you mentioned the number that I've seen in the press and it becomes part of the background, but it really is a stunning and shocking number, that the…

The security begins at the target and emanates outward, not with the expanse of the ocean.

I think this is part of its historic role that's gone back for 200 years. It's a part of who we are as a Nation.

My time is up, but I'll be interested to hear as this goes on what the international community intends to do and what our government intends to do to try to make the government of Somalia more stable.

These are criminals and if we treat this criminal activity as being attributable to poverty, we're going to be ineffective in dealing with it.

It does have costs. We have to find a way to increase the responsibility of the private shipping business to self-protect here.

the facts and analysis simply do not support the case for adding an alternate engine program.

That's what, in our world, we tend to call straight talk.

I think we're looking further downstream into the future, at emerging threats.

If you were writing the defense budget for next year, understanding that you disagree with the recommendations of Secretary Gates, what would you put in for the long-range strike systems for the bombers?

I want to thank you, Mr. Manning, as we consider your nomination to be Deputy Administrator for FEMA in charge of National Preparedness.

I do think there's a major part of it, that there was a budget ceiling that people had to live within.

That's very interesting. I invite you to give us more detailed information afterward.

It's been a very helpful hearing, from the subcommittee's point of view.

I think the quality of the nominees has really been very high, and that is certainly true of these two.

I appreciate it, and we'll have some good questions for you.