Joe Lieberman

I will focus this morning on the very real consequences for communities along the Mexican border associated with activities of the Mexican drug cartels and their nightmarish violence.

We are going to consider the spillovers of this criminal behavior into the United States, the crime that has already occurred, and we are going to ask if we are prepared to deal with more if it does occur and what we in the Federal…

I thought the President spoke very eloquently on Friday about the fact that there hadn't been adequate civil-military cooperation.

This is a remarkable people, with a remarkable history.

One of the lessons we learned painfully in Iraq is that numbers matter.

Iran's actions and rhetoric have in fact prompted our partners in the Gulf to seek closer relationships than we have had with some of these nations in some decades.

The Kerry-Lugar bill that is I think being considered by the Senate represents the kind of sustained substantial commitment that we're talking about--I think it's 5 years, $1.5 billion.

There is an unsettling perception in Afghanistan and Pakistan that the U.S. is not in this for the long haul.

Is it fair to say that we're focused clearly on al Qaeda, but that the success or failure of allied groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan... is also relevant to our security in the world?

Just as importantly, I think, was the President's unambiguous political commitment to defeat the Islamist extremists of South Asia.

I think particularly our effort in Afghanistan has really been under-resourced for too long.

I appreciated very much the President's announcement of policy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday.

We have systems set up to guarantee two things as best we can. One is that the money moves out quickly, ...

We all want the Recovery Act to succeed. In fact, we all need it to succeed to protect and create jobs.

A mistake, a story about how taxpayer money is being wasted or funneled to improper uses, will really undercut faith in this program.

I strongly support the confirmation of Gina McCarthy to head the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

I am pleased our Committee has the opportunity today to welcome M. John Berry, nominated to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Yes. And if we are troubled by it, we may want to do something about that more generally.

The problems here were in the U.N.

So the problem with the reports and their openness is not obviously yours. This is the United Nations policy.

We are going to really rely on you and the Secretary to advise this Committee and particularly to let us know whether you are receiving the resources and the authority to do what you need to do to protect the cyber infrastructure of the…

The primary focus of the Department is to keep this country and keep Americans safe from the threat of terrorism from any future terrorist attacks.

I am proud to call him a friend.

Good morning and welcome to the nomination hearing of Jane Holl Lute to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The Mexican drug cartels are the No. 1 organized crime threat in America.