I will tell you what you know and every time I'm out to see our troops in the field, that they are meeting the call.

I see in Iraq every day a splendid Army. Now, I know that General Schoomaker has problems with the forces yet to deploy...

I pray that you will succeed similarly in Iraq.

the American public's understanding of what we're trying to do in Iraq and how we're doing it is critically important.

You have testified that it is not, that most of the people of Iraq, the overwhelming majority, as you have said, quite naturally want to live a better and freer life, and the question is whether we can help their government help them do…

Either he's going to spend all his time or too much of it on Iraq and Afghanistan and ignore the rest of the world.

Personally, I believe it's the right one. We have good commanders on the ground that we've sent there.

You have also said that you understand and appreciate the disappointment of the American people and their representatives here in Congress about the lack of progress in the war in Iraq today.

Based on that 'enemy of my enemy is my friend,' would you agree that one of Iran's goals now--both in Afghanistan and Iraq, and generally in the region, is to try to push the United States out, or to push us, at least, into a less…

I was struck when I was in Iraq the last time, which was about 2 weeks ago, about how many of our personnel in uniform are doing non-military work.

The stakes for these two countries, Iraq and Afghanistan, are high, as they are for all the countries in the region.

If the Taliban's against us, then Iran--no matter what the previous hostilities with the Taliban, are going to support the Taliban now.

If we do it too rapidly, if we do it before they're ready, we create the cauldron, it will send a signal to our allies in the region, and it will, of course, encourage Iran.

General Petraeus is a combination of extraordinary experience and a real passion about what we're doing in Iraq. He believes we can win. And I think he will infuse that spirit into our forces there and I think make a measurable difference.

What do you believe, General, would be the effect on the sectarian violence in Iraq?

I think, on that great challenge of our time, the president gets it. And I -- I say that across party lines. And I think he's tried his best to alert America to that danger.

In my view, these incentives and mandates in the Energy Policy Act represent a positive and necessary step toward ending this country's destructive oil addiction and curbing global warming.

To carry this country much farther down the road that we need to travel, I joined with Senators Bayh, Brownback, Coleman, and others last November to introduce S. 2025, the Vehicle and Fuel Choices for American Security Act.

Well, I -- I will respectfully say, no, no, no. I am in this race to the end.

It was clear to me all along that this -- that if I had an opponent who had money, as this one did, they could make this, or would try to make it into a referendum on George Bush and the Iraq war.

He said for the sake of the country, he cannot let this result stand. So he slams his opponent, said it was insult instead of ideas.

I'm a bipartisan guy, I believe in working across the aisle, and I want all like-minded people to join Team Lieberman.

A key primary race with Iraq at its center, as Senator Joe Lieberman pays the ultimate price at the ballot box.

Now, he says he will go on to Capitol Hill and vote with the Democrats and that he'll still be a Democrat.

... instead of talking about how we could solve the people's problems. Insults instead of ideas. In other words, more of the same old partisan politics that has stalemated Washington today.