I would assume that, at least in part, those have to be coordinated or referenced.

If Congress adopted a moratorium on enforcement of DADT or adopted repeal and the President signed it, that you would carry out those laws?

Many of us here have been concerned that the Russians might try to bring into the treaty some limitations on our freedom of action with regard to defensive systems.

I agree with Secretary Gates on that, Senator.

I appreciate the work that Ellen Tauscher has done.

I appreciate it. Thank you.

I am glad that the Army is making these improvements, and the only concern that I have is that the process for approving them may take too long.

I am somewhat more optimistic than I was after my last visit in September that the fully-resourced, counterinsurgency strategy announced by President Obama is the right strategy and is starting to take hold.

We've been providing security for sea lines of communication that are moving over a trillion dollars of commerce per year.

We seek a constructive, obviously a peaceful, relationship with them, but we also have both historic presence in the Asia Pacific region.

the importance of getting the design done properly and thoroughly and thoughtfully is absolutely key to ensuring that that very survivable leg of the triad remains almost to the end of the century.

We all want to find a diplomatic way to get the Iranians not to go nuclear.

The question in Secretary Gates' mind is not whether to repeal, but essentially when and how.

This has to pass the test of military readiness.

where there's no government, trouble grows, either as piracy or the provision of space for terrorists.

We will work to find the right balance between an Army that we can afford and an Army that is able to meet the Nation's demands.

there is a kind of increasing military connection in a very positive sense between ourselves and our allies there.

Personally, I worry that these ideas are ill-advised, although I'm sure we all look forward to the time when there can be reconciliation.

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

Moving them in a direction that is integrated I think will be very encouraging to the body politic in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

do you support Secretary Gates' recommendation that the President veto any bill that contains funding for the alternate engine?

That 71-percent appreciation of the United States in Latin America may be higher than the appreciation of the United States in America today.

We have to both maintain the peacefulness of the relationship, but a clarity and an honesty in our relations with the Chinese.

Military-to-military discussions with Russia, as well as China, are important.

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