Joe Lieberman

If there is anything we can do legislatively to support that effort, we would be happy to do so.

Can I assume that you had the same reaction Senator Collins and I did, which was the fact that there were 200,000 people working under contracts for the Department of Homeland Security in addition to the almost 200,000 full-time Federal…

I presume that if the decision was made to take the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trials out of New York City and, for instance, bring him before a military commission and do it at the facility at Guantanamo, to put it in the most conservative…

I am, therefore, very concerned that the number of Border Patrol agents would decrease next year for the first time if the Administration's budget is adopted.

I think that is a mistake given the 31-percent reduction the program suffered in fiscal year 2010

We will wait just a minute because I have been told Senator McCain is outside in the hallway.

I think that any fair assessment of its record in those 7 years would be positive, including a great number of notable successes, such as the recent important role the Department played in stopping the terrorist plot of Najibullah Zazi.

We must build on that investment.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate your answer. I think we've learned as we've gone to Pakistan a lot and talked to our people there, that this is a mixed picture with the ISI, and that's saying something positive.

I think Marjah is an opening salvo. It is a first step. It is designed to begin to create that shift in momentum.

It's rare that we hear anything positive said in this country about the ISI, the Pakistani Intelligence Service, but it is true, I gather, that they participated, and were perhaps in the lead, in the capture of Mullah Baradar.

I remember when President Obama announced his decision to surge our forces, which I appreciated greatly.

It's early, but we've begun a turnaround, and that's very significant.

It has become unfortunate practice, I believe, that Members have been holding up Executive nominations, in some cases, and I am confident it is the case with regard to Martha Johnson, for reasons unrelated to her qualifications. She is…

The United States intends to continue improving and deploying its missile defense systems in order to defend itself against limited attack.

I urge you to please be as direct as you need to be with us about what you need financially to really develop the two-stage GBI as a hedge.

The sooner we can have the capability to shoot, look, and shoot--that is, shoot at an Iranian or North Korean missile, Iranian particularly, from Europe and then look and see if we hit it, and if we don't, shoot again from California and…

It's a remarkable technological and management breakthrough, and I just don't think we can thank you enough for it, because it has direct relevance to the security of the American people.

We believe strongly that China needs to revisit the value of a continuum of military-to-military relationship and dialogue with the United States.

I think it will be very important for the PRC to regard that level of influence and their responsibilities now as a very influential global partner.

China's rapid and comprehensive transformation of its armed forces is affecting regional military balances and holds implications beyond the Asia Pacific region.

I worry about it, both in terms of the Korean Peninsula, but, frankly, also its impact on other areas of the world.

India's strategic location, shared democratic values, growing economy, and evolution as a regional power combine to make them a partner with whom we need to work much more closely.

If you put on a pair of Russian shoes and look at it from their perspective, their concern is that there's more to this than that, perhaps.

I appreciate that statement very much, and also the fact that China's growth and assertiveness is not just a concern of ours, parochially, it is very much a concern of most of the rest of the countries in the region who are allies.